OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295984
WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,BRACING,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee injured in scaffold collapse
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on a 14 ft long by 5 ft wide by 18 ft high tubular welded frame scaffold that was loaded with a pallet of bricks weighing approximately 1,000 lb . Three sections of bracing were missing from inside the scaffold, which collaps ed. Employee #1 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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