OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14299978
WILLIAMSBURG MASONRY, INC.
GLEN BURNIE, MD·
Event description
Employee fractures heel in scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was preparing to dismantle a 6 ft 6 in. high tubular welded scaffold e plank on the scaffold to stand on although there were many planks nearby; and employee haste. with 16 in. high adjustable legs. There was one side left of the second buck. T hat side was frozen and when Employee #1, who was standing on a 2 in. by 10 in. by 8 ft scaffold board, jerked on it, the side broke loose and Employee #1 lost his balance. He fell 7 ft 10 in. to the ground, partially shattering his heel an d fracturing a bone in his heel. Employee #1 had been trained and had done this job many times. There were no witnesses. There were several causal factors that contributed to the accident: Employee #1 did not seek assistance when he knew th e single buck was stuck; misjudgment of a hazardous condition; he placed a singl
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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