OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296669
PPE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,UNGUARDED,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee injured in fall from pump jack scaffold
Investigation abstract
At about 3:30 p.m. on August 27, 1987, Employee #1 and a coworker, of O'Brien As r height, installing insulation material to the building wall. Employee #1, who was near the unguarded end of the scaffold, started moving toward the other end to get some materials. As he moved he lost his footing and fell between the work bench and the platform to the ground. He was hospitalized for his injuries. Emp loyee #1 had experience working on a pump jack scaffold. Personal protective equ ipment--i.e., safety belt, lanyard, and lifeline--were not used. sociates, Inc., Annapolis, MD, were at Greenbriar Condominiums, Greenbelt, MD, w orking from a pump jack scaffold. They were standing on a 10 ft long by 19 in. w ide scaffold platform that was about 29 ft from the ground. The space between th e platform and the building wall was about 6 in. A 10 ft by 19 in. workbench had been installed on the scaffold about 3 ft above the work platform and was also used as a top guardrail. Neither a midrail nor a toe board had been installed on the scaffold. The north end of the platform was against the building wall and t he other end was unguarded and open. The employees were working at about shoulde
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 795
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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