OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464424
HEAD,LUNG,LADDER,RIB,FRACTURE,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,LIVER,FAINTED,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Event description
FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
ON JULY 25, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:02 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A MANUALL Y PROPELLED MOBILE SCAFFOLD LOCATED AT THE TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. HE W AS CLIMBING DOWN THE BUILT-IN LADDER WHEN HE FELL AN ESTIMATED 8-15 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, FRACTURING RIBS ON HIS LEFT SIDE, PUNCTURING A LUNG AND CUTTING HIS LIVER. EMPLOYEE #2, A MASON, OBSERVED EMPLOYEE #1 AFTER THE FALL AND BECAME ILL. HE FAINTED AND FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, CUTTING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. ST ITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE CUT.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 18
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- 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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