OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388649
MOSSER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
HOLLAND, OH·
Event description
THREE CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 30,1987 THREE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM A MORGAN TOWER SCAFFOLD. AS T HE EMPLOYEES WERE RAISING THE TOWER PLATFORM THE WIRE ROPE ON ONE OF THE FOUR TO WERS FAILED, CAUSING THE SCAFFOLD TO COLLAPSE. THE THREE EMPLOYEES FELL WITH THE SCAFFOLD, SUSTAINING INJURIES FOR WHICH THEY WERE NOT HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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