Fatality Narrative: Construction Supervisor Falls from Scaffold While Pouring Concrete into Form

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On February 10, 2003, a construction supervisor at a new single- family residential construction site was killed during a concrete pour when he fell 9'7" from a scaffold. The 64-year-old victim was standing on a 7-½ inch wide scaffold plank guiding a whip hose that was pouring concrete from a concrete pumper into plywood form walls. The worker fell backwards about 9'7" to the ground below where his head struck a rock. He died at the site. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Construction
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction workers
  • Scaffolds
  • Falls
  • Fall protection
  • Concretes
  • Equipment operation
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051939
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington Department of Labor and Industries, 71-15-2003, 2003 Nov; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: construction supervisor falls from scaffold while pouring concrete into form
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228858/cdc_228858_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 20.82 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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