OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14238919
NIELSEN, VASKO & EARL, INC.
RENO, NV·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
TWO CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM A SCAFFOLD, 30 FEET LONG AND 12 FEE T HIGH, GRINDING CONCRETE AT HOUSING UNIT #8. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES STEPPED ONTO ONTO AN ADJACENT SCAFFOLD JUST AS A CONCRETE TRUCK BACKED INTO THE SPACE (BETWEE N TWO BUILDINGS) WHERE THE SCAFFOLDING WAS LOCATED. BECAUSE OF THE NOISE OF THE COMPRESSOR AND THE GRINDING MACHINE, THE EMPLOYEES DID NOT HEAR THE TRUCK. THE T RUCK HOOKED ONTO A STRUCTURAL MEMBER OF THE SCAFFOLD WHICH HELD EMPLOYEE #1 AND PULLED IT DOWN. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL 12 FEET TO THE GROUND, SUSTAINING INJURIES FOR WHICH HE WAS NOT HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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