OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296610
LUCAS MASONRY
ELLICOTT CITY, MD·
Event description
UNSECURED SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED WITH EMPLOYEE ABOARD
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 5, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, EMPLOYED BY THE LUCAS MASONRY CO., 17 GREYSTONE CIR S NOT SECURED TO THE BUILDING IN ANY WAY. THE SCAFFOLD WAS LOCATED ON THE SIDE O F A 2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME, AND WAS BEING USED TO INSTALL A BRICK FIRE PLACE CHIMNEY ON THE OUTSIDE WALL. THERE WAS NO FALL PROTECTION MEASURES IN PLACE OR IN USE. CLE, WALDORF, MD. 20601, WAS WORKING AT A SITE LOCATED AT 3212 ROBIN HOOD COURT, LOT 42, ENCHANTED FOREST ESTATES, ELLICOTT CITY, MD. 21043. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STACKING BRICKS ON THE PLATFORM. THE BRICKS WERE RAISED FROM THE GROUND BY ROPE, PULLEY & BRICK TONGS BY HIS WORK PARTNER. THE SCAFFOLD FOOTING W AS SET IN RECENT BACK-FILL SOIL WHICH HAD NOT YET SETTLED, AND HAD ERODED DUE TO 1 1/2 DAYS OF RECENT RAIN. THE BASE SECTION HAD BEEN INSTALLED ABOUT APRIL 30, 1987. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STACKING BRICKS, THE SCAFFOLD FOOTING GAVE WAY, CASI NG THE SCAFFOLD TO FALL, WITH EMPLOYEE #1 ABOARD, TO THE GROUND. THE SCAFFOLD WA
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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