OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14437644
BROKEN CABLE,FALL,STRUCK BY,SCAFFOLD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FRACTURE,CONSTRUCTION,NOSE,BACK,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employees suffer multiple injuries in fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Four employees gathered at one point on a 17 1/2 ft high scaffold. The wire hold ing the beam that was supporting the scaffold platform broke, causing the portio n of the scaffold where the employees were standing to fall. Employees #1, #2, a nd #3 fell to the floor. Employee #1 suffered shattered heels and a fractured ba ck; Employee #2 was hit in the face by a falling board and suffered a broken che ekbone and nose; Employee #3 suffered fractured ribs. A fourth employee held ont o the ceiling framework and was able to swing onto the scaffolding that remained standing. He was not injured.
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 275
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 576
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 556
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- 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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#982 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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