Inspection Detail

Inspection: 17391244 - Safeway Steel Products Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Va-E-Norfolk (Regional Office) - Safety 0355112

Investigation Summary

Employee #1 and three other employees of a steel products company were erecting a scaffold at the sixth-floor level of a building. All employees had picked up framing materials from the hoist, and carried them across the completed scaffold sections to the sections still requiring erection. While returning to the hoist for additional materials, Employee #1 stepped on the unsupported end of the scaffold floor board and the board became dislodged. The employee fell approximately 30 ft to an enclosed stairwell below and sustained a concussion. He died from his injuries.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, PLANKING, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, CONCUSSION, SCAFFOLD