OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14433775
WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,TWO-BLOCKING,CONTUSION,WIRE ROPE,BROKEN CABLE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CRANE
Event description
Two employees injured by falling scaffold debris
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on February 2, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were working king. Employees #1 and #2 worked for Associated Steel Works, Ltd., a subcontract or of Okada Trucking. in the perimeter of a reservoir under construction, attempting to reinforce an existing rebar column with another rebar column. The second rebar column was bei ng hoisted by a crane belonging to the general contractor, Okada Trucking Co., L td. when the crane's wire rope was severed, The column dropped, striking and dem olishing the scaffold beneath it. Employees #1 and #2 were struck by the falling scaffold and planking. Employee #1 sustained bruises and abrasions on his back and to his left rib. Employee #2 sustained bruises and abrasions on his right an kle. Neither employee was hospitalized. The wire rope failed because of two-bloc
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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