OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14201909
FRACTURE,BUILDING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,CONCRETE BLOCK,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD
Event description
EMPLOYEE FRACTURES BONE WHEN SCAFFOLD FALLS
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on May 30, 1985, Employee #1 was building a concrete he basement 26 feet below. The accident was caused by the scaffold legs going th rough the flooring, resulting from a combination of the 0.75-inch particle board being wet; no support boards placed under the scaffold legs; and the weight of the block, cement, and employee. One would have to assume that if the scaffold l egs had had support boards under them the accident would not have occurred. The company will be cited for not having adequate support underneath the scaffold le gs which led to the accident. The citation will have to be serious, since the sc affold was set up next to a wall that had a 26-foot drop on the other side. block wall from a scaffold on the second floor of a building. He was working fr om a work platform, about 4 feet from the floor, on a section of scaffold that w as 6 feet high and 30 feet long. Stacks of 8-inch block and cement pans were beh ind him. The scaffold's legs were resting on 0.75-inch thick particle board that was wet from previous rains. The 2-inch by 4-inch boards normally placed under the scaffold legs were absent. As Employee #1 was laying block, his section of t he scaffold dropped suddenly and lunched forward. He was propelled over the unfi nished wall and fell down the stairway opening on the other side. He fell into t
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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