OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14289417
CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,LACERATION,FALL,SPRAIN,CONTUSION,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employees injured when stationary scaffold collapsed
Investigation abstract
Employees #1, #2, and #3 and a coworker (three bricklayers and a laborer) climbe d the framework of a stationary metal tube scaffold. This scaffold measured appr oximately 19 feet high by 27 feet wide and consisted of two tiers of metal tube scaffold. The tiers were spanned by 2 by 10 inch scaffold boards, forming platfo rms at the 12 foot and 19 foot elevations. These tiers were supported by 8 inch cinderblock stacks as high as 48 inches beneath the westernmost tier. The employ ees were on the 12 foot and 19 foot elevations when the westernmost tier collaps ed, sending all four of the employees to the ground. Employees #1, #2, and #3 su stained sprains, cuts, and bruises and were treated and released.
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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