OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198600
PLATFORM,SAFETY LATCH,COTTER PIN,FALL,WINCH,SCAFFOLD
Event description
FIVE EMPLOYEES INJURED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #5 were working on the platform of a Morgan Tower scaffold, located 19 feet, 4 inches above the ground. A cotter pin was missing from the s heave pin, which molds the 4-inch sheave in the sheave assembly. Two employees r aised the scaffold by turning the winch lifting leaver, causing the sheave pin t o come out. The winch cable was then free with nothing to support the carriage a nd platform. The scaffold platform fell and all 5 employees fell to the ground. Employees #1 through #5 were taken to the hospital, suffering from multiple inju ries.
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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