OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348965
FRACTURE,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WORK PLATFORM,HAND,AERIAL LIFT,ANKLE,FOOT
Event description
EMPLOYEES FELL WHEN AERIAL WORK PLATFORM COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
SEVEN EMPLOYEES WERE RIDING A FABTEK MODEL V30 SERIAL NUMBER 3896 AERIAL WORK PL ATFORM TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE TOP OF A 28 FOOT 4 INCH HIGH SCAFFOLD. WHEN THE AER IAL PLATFORM REACHED THE SCAFFOLD TOP TWO METAL STRAPS FAILED, ALLOWING THE PLAT FORM TO FALL. SIX OF THE SEVEN EMPLOYEES WERE THROWN TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. EMPL OYEE #7 MANAGED TO HOLD ONTO THE SCAFFOLD AND RECEIVED A LACERATION ON HIS HAND. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED HEAD INJURIES AND BROKEN BONES AND DIED SOON AFTERWARDS. E MPLOYEES #2 THROUGH #6 RECEIVED NUMEROUS BROKEN AND CRUSHED BONES, MOSTLY TO THE HEELS AND ANKLES.
Victims (7)
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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