OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14375166
MARTIN PAINTING AND COATING COMPANY
COLUMBUS, OH·
Event description
Two employees killed in scaffold collapse
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were working from a two-point suspension and outrigger scaff old, which was not erected properly. The scaffold collapsed, and because neither employee was wearing his safety belt or had rope grabs attached to the lifeline s, they fell approximately 45 ft to the ground. Employees #1 and #2 were killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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