OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14567168

MARTIN ENGINEERING INC

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC— 1984-09-26T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, TIE-OFF, SCAFFOLD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #15339096
Employer profile: MARTIN ENGINEERING INC
Summary number: 14567168
Report ID: 454510

Event description

Employee injured in 21 ft fall from scaffold platform

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, age 18, was working from a 31 ft high scaffold platform, chipping a way a portion of a wall for placement of a beam. When it was break time, a cowor ker got Employee #1 a carton of milk and threw it up to him. Employee #1 leaned over to catch the milk and fell from the scaffold. He suffered a fractured skull . Employee #1 was not tied off, nor were there any guardrails on the scaffold pl atform.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
599

Human factor
20

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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