OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221562093

MANU'A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

PAGO PAGO, AS— 2023-05-02T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Carpenter, Chest, Concrete, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Leaning over, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Rib, Scaffold, Work Surface
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346691678
Employer profile: MANU'A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Summary number: 221562093
Report ID: 0936300
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee dies of multiple trauma in fall while installing sc

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on May 2, 2023, an employee working as a carpenter for building feet to the concrete floor below. The Chief Medical Officer who signed the Death Certificate stated that the injuries were consistent with falling from a leaning out posture. All of the employee's ribs were broken, implying that he fell in a prone position, with his chest hitting the concrete. The employee died as a result of his injuries. contractor was affixing a platform for a second level scaffold to the scaffold frame. A witness stated that the employee was using a hammer and nails to attach the wooden scaffolding platform to the scaffold support when he fell through the opening between the scaffolding and the second story of the building. The witness stated the employee was not on the scaffold, but rather leaning out over it from the second level opening that led out to the second level supported wooden scaffold. There was an opening of 38 inches between the side of the building and the scaffold platform that the employee was attaching. He fell 14

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
567

Fall distance
14

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