OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14254338
CLEAR DAY, INCORPORATED
CHARLOTTE, NC·
Event description
Employees with fall protection survive scaffold collapse
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9 a.m. on May 24, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were changing the m otor on a Sky Climber ME4 hoist on the right side of a Gold Medal aluminum two-p oint suspension scaffold V2 #139. The scaffold was at the 18th floor of a 20 sto ry building. When the motor was removed, the brakes on the winch failed and the right side of the scaffold fell. Employees #1 and #2 were caught and suspended b y their safety belts. Employee #3, who was also wearing a safety belt, remained on the left side of the scaffold. The employees suffered muscle strains.
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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