OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14446900
FRACTURE,LUNG,SPLEEN,PANCREAS,PELVIS,FALL,CONCUSSION,ELBOW,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee Injured in Fall from Scaffold
Investigation abstract
On June 28, 1984, at 1350 hours, Employee #1 was engaged in tuck-point operation ld not remember how far he had descended before he fell. The fall resulted in a concussion, fractured elbow and pelvis, a collapsed lung, and damage to the panc reas and spleen. He was hospitalized for his injuries. His spleen later had to b e removed because of extensive damage. s. He was setting up outrigger jacks between the WACO walk-through frame scaffol d and the wall. The outriggers were to support the scaffold planks. There was a wall tie on the outside frame of the scaffold at the fourth scaffold stage that prevented placement of the jack, so he decided to descend the scaffold end frame s to get a wrench to loosen the tie. He was about 26 feet above the adjacent roo f elevation at the fourth stage of the scaffolding. The roof was 12 feet above t he ground. Somewhere between his starting point and the roof he lost his grip an d fell; first to the roof, then onto the ground. No one saw him fall, and he cou
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 65 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 3
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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