OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14291702
CONSTRUCTION,PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,BACK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT
Event description
Three employees injured in fall when scaffold collapses
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:35 a.m. on February 15, 1989, Employees #1 through #3 were e levating a pump jack scaffold to paint the southern end of a single-family dwell ing. They raised the scaffold 25 feet above the ground and began to paint. Appro ximately 25 minutes into the work period, the right end poles of the scaffold br oke, causing Employees #1 through #3 to fall to the ground. They were taken to t he hospital. Employees #1 and #2 were then transported to UVA Hospital with poss ible back injuries; Employee #3 was examined and released. At the time of this r eport Employees #1 and #2 remain hospitalized, but Employee #3 has returned to w ork.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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