OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195580
BEAM,FRACTURE,COLLAPSE,INEXPERIENCE,RIB,STRUCK BY,LEG,SCAFFOLD
Event description
BEAM & SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
WORKERS HAD POSITIONED WOODEN TRUSS IN SADDLES. EMPLOYEES #1 AND 2 WERE ON A 20 HE FAILURE TO BRACE, SUPPORT, AND BOLT THE BEAM BEFORE THE RELEASE BY THE CRANE, AND THE LACK OF ANY TRAINING. FOOT, 3 INCH MOBILE SCAFFOLD. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS ON THE DECK BELOW. EMPLOYEE #1 SUS TAINED A SHATTERED RIGHT ANKLE & HEEL AND A BROKEN FEMUR. HE ALSO SUFFERED A BRO KEN RIB, A FRACTURED PELVIS AND (RIGHT) LEG SOCKET, ALONG WITH BRUISES AND CONTU SIONS. EMPLOYEE #2 RECEIVED A BACK COMPRESSION WITH NUMEROUS BRUISES AND CONTUSI ONS. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS STRUCK BY A SCAFFOLD BOARD AND RECEIVE BRUISES AND CONTUSIO NS. NO TRAINING HAD BEEN GIVEN. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN DOING THIS WORK APPROXIMATE LY 20 YEARS. THE BEAM WAS ABOUT 97 FEET, 4 INCHES LONG AND 8 1/2 INCHES WIDE BY 49 INCHES HIGH AND WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 11,000 POUNDS. CAUSAL FACTORS INCLUDE T
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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