OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379358
CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,ARM,PULLEY,CONTUSION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employees injured in fall when scaffold fails
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #5 were 25 ft above the ground working from a Morgan scaffo ld when a cable pulley support system failed, causing them to fall. Employees #1 through #4 were hospitalized. Employee #5 sustained bruises to the arm. The saf ety catch device was inoperable.
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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