OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14552418

J M ROMERO CONSTRUCTION CO

OLD BRIDGE, NJ— 1985-02-12T00:00:00

Event: BOARD, ERECTION PROCESS, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2043107
Employer profile: J M ROMERO CONSTRUCTION CO
Summary number: 14552418
Report ID: 213400

Event description

Employee killed in fall when balcony frame board gives way

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was erecting a scaffold on the back of a two-story house. He was app roximately 12 ft above the ground, standing on 2 by 6s that formed the frame for the balcony. He was pulling up a 2 ft by 12 ft plank for the scaffold platform when the header board on which he was standing gave way. Employee #1 fell to the ground and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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