OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221490915
FDT STRUCTURAL SPECIALTIES, LLC
PALO ALTO, CA—
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
At 12:45 a.m. on August 24, 2022, an employee was trying to receive a power cord that was being pushed through a vent louvre from the opposite side of the scaffolding. The employee was standing outside of the scaffold while trying to retrieve the power cord when he fell from the scaffold approximately 99 feet. The employee died from his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7010
- Fall distance
- 99
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