OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464515
KNEE,CASTER,COLLAPSE,CARPENTER,FALL,ANKLE,SCAFFOLD
Event description
SCAFFOLD COLLASPE - FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 P.M. ON JULY 23, 1984, TWO CARPENTERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO P UT A CONCRETE FORM IN PLACE. A CASTER ON THE SCAFFOLD THEY WERE ON TURNED AND BE GAN ROLLING DOWN THE SLOPED FLOOR OF DIGESTER TANK #2. THE SCAFFOLD TIPPED OVER, THROWING EMPLOYEE #2 INTO SOME SLUDGE. HE INADVERTENTLY SWALLOWED SOME OF THE S LUDGE. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL THE SAME DAY. EMPLOYEE #1 J UMPED CLEAR OF THE SCAFFOLD, ONLY TO HAVE THE CONCRETE FORM FALL ON HIS LEFT ANK LE AND BREAK IT. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED, AND HAS SINCE SUFFERED AN INFECTION OF HIS LEFT KNEE, CAUSED BY A SEVERE BRUISE.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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