OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295489
S. B. SIDING COMPANY INCORPORATED
GAITHERSBURG, MD·
Event description
Two employees injured in fall from pump jack scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were standing above the ground on the 28-ft-long fabricated . aluminum platform of a pump jack scaffold. They were installing siding at the re ar of a single-family residence that was under construction. The right wood pole support broke in the middle. Both employees fell to the hard compact soil and s ustained injuries that required hospitalization. The 30-ft-long support poles we re made from 2-ft by 4-in. lumber nailed together with the seam parallel to the bracket. They were spaced 21 ft, 4 in. from center to center and were secured on ly by bracing at the eaves. The scaffold platform was not equipped with standard guardrails, and personal fall arrest equipment was not provided by the employer
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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