OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301642

CONSTRUCTION,FALL,BRIDGE,CONCRETE,SCAFFOLD

1989-08-15T00:00:00

Event: CONSTRUCTION,FALL,BRIDGE,CONCRETE,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14301642
Report ID: 653510

Event description

FOUR EMPLOYEES INJURED IN SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE

Investigation abstract

At approximately 9:00 a.m. On August 16, 1989, four employees of A.S. Horner Inc . were working on a bridge being constructed on the westbound lane of interstate 40 and the Rio Grande Bernalillo County. The four employees were approximately 17-ft above the ground removing concrete forms from the bridge transverse suppor t pillars. All four employees were on a scaffold that was supported by two mobil e cranes located on the bridge overhead. The scaffold buckled and all four emplo yees fell into the crease of the scaffold. All four employees were hospitalized for bruises, contusions, and abrasions.

Victims (4)

#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1
#2 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1
#3 Hospitalized Age 56 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1
#4 Hospitalized Age 39 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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