OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14197990
CULBERTSON RESTORATION LTD
OCEAN CITY, MD·
Event description
TWO EMPLOYEES INJURED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
Employees were working from a two-point swinging stage suspension scaffold. At t n to the hospital. Employee #2 was on the opposite end of the scaffold and was a ble to jump from the scaffold on to the third floor balcony. Employee #2 was not hospitalized. he second-floor level, they climbed from the scaffold to a balcony platform to w ork on the balcony. After working on the second-floor balcony, they wanted to mo ve up to the third-floor balcony. They climbed back on to the scaffold and start ed the electric motors on the scaffold to raise it to the third-floor balcony. T hey did not attach their safety belt lanyards to the provided lifelines. When th e scaffold started to move, the wire rope broke causing the end of the scaffold to fall approximately 20 ft to the ground. Employee #1 was on the end where the wire rope broke and fell with the scaffold. He sustained a fracture and was take
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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