OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201818
DUBLIN MASON CONTRACTORS
BEL AIR, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES FELL WHEN SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 14, 1987, EMPLOYEES #1-4 WERE WORKING FROM A SCAFFOLD, COMPLETING A CHI MNEY ON THE SIDE OF A 2 STORY DWELLING. THE SCAFFOLD WAS 22 FEET, 10 INCHES HIGH , 7 FEET LONG AND 5 FEET WIDE. THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING AT THE 10, 15 AND 19 F OOT LEVELS. THE SCAFFOLD FOUNDATION CONSISTED OF A 4 INCH HOLLOW CONCRETE BLOCK AT EACH CORNER. CONTRARY TO INDUSTRY PRACTICE, NO BOARD HAD BEEN PLACED OVER EAC H BLOCK TO EVENLY DISTRIBUTE THE LOAD. THE SCAFFORLD WAS SECURED TO THE DWELLING . ONE OF THE BLOCKS FRACTURED, CAUSING THE SCAFFOLD TO LOSE STABILITY AND COLLAP SE. THE EMPLOYEES FELL WITH THE SCAFFOLD. THEY WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR OBSERVATION . THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER NOTED A VIOLATION OF 1926.451(D)(4).
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 564
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 564
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 564
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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