OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194401
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,FALL,LOADER,SCAFFOLD,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
SCAFFOLD POLES BROKE; EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK IN FALL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATOP A JOB-MADE WOODEN SCAFFOLD, TOGETHER WITH 5 OR 6 FIVE GALLO AINING BACK INJURIES. PPE WAS NOT USED. N BUCKETS OF CONCRETE. THE SCAFFOLD CONSISTED OF 4 UPRIGHTS (LEGS), CONSTRUCTED OF 8 FOOT LENGTHS OF 2 BY 4S, WITH A WOODEN PLATFORM OF 5/8 INCH THICK PLYWOOD, 8 FEET LONG AND 4 FEET WIDE. THE UPRIGHTS WERE BOLTED TO THE BUCKET OF A SPERRY- NEW HOLLAND SKID-STEER LOADER. THE EMPLOYEES USED THE LOADER-SCAFFOLD COMBINATIO N AS FOLLOWS: THE LOADER BUCKET WAS RAISED, WITH THE SCAFFOLD ATTACHED, TO A THI RD FLOOR BALCONY, 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A CONCRE TE FLOOR ON THE BALCONY OF THE THIRD FLOOR. DURING THE LIFTING PROCESS THE SCAFF OLD UPRIGHTS BROKE UNDER THE LOAD. THE EMPLOYEE FELL 20 FEET TO THE GROUND, SUST
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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