OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296966
A & L CONTRACTORS INC
JESSUP, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM MOBILE SCAFFOLD WHILE IT WAS BEING MOVED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ATOP A MANUALLY PROPELLED MOBILE SCAFFOLD WHICH WAS 16 F ELEVATED WORK PLATFORM FULLY PLANKED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS AN INEXPERIENCED PAINTER . NO FALL PROTECTION, (IE, SAFETY BELTS OR LIFE LINES) WAS PROVIDED. EET, 8 INCHES HIGH. THE FLOOR WAS LITTERED WITH PLASTIC FLOOR COVERINGS, COVERIN G TWO 8 1/2 INCH DIAMETER FLOOR DRAINS AND NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL CONDUITS. EMPLOYE E #1 WAS PAINTING THE CEILING IN THE PLANT'S OPERATIONS BUILDING. HE WAS ATOP TH E SCAFFOLD WHILE IT WAS BEING MOVED TO ANOTHER SECTION OF THE WORK AREA. A SCAFF OLD CASTER FELL INTO ONE OF THE FLOOR DRAIN HOLES, CAUSING THE SCAFFOLD TO TIP O NTO A RAISED SECTION OF THE FLOOR, 13 FEET, 8 INCHES BELOW. THE FLOOR WAS MADE O F FINISHED CONCRETE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DUMPED TO THE CONCRETE SURFACE, FRACTURING BOTH LEGS. A LADDER WAS NOT AFFIXED TO, OR BUILT INTO, THE SCAFFOLD, NOR WAS THE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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