OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464804
ERECTION PROCESS,COLLAPSE,PRECAST,BOLT,FALL,CONCRETE,SCAFFOLD
Event description
SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED, THROWING EMPLOYEE TO THE GROUND
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 A.M., ON MARCH 28, 1984 AN EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE FIFTH F HE DIED ON APRIL 2, 1984. LOOR LEVEL OF AN EIGHT STORY PRECAST TYPE STRUCTURE. THREE EMPLOYEES WERE INSTAL LING A 24 INCH BY 24 INCH 40 FOOT LONG PRECAST COLUMN, WEIGHING ABOUT 36,000 POU NDS, WHICH WAS BEING HOISTED INTO PLACE BY A CRANE. AN OUTRIGGER TYPE SCAFFOLD W AS BEING USED BY THE EMPLOYEES WHICH ENABLED THEM TO WORK OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CONNECTIONS FOR THE COLUMN. THE 3/4 INCH D IAMETER, 36 INCH LONG, ALL-THREAD ATTACHMENT BOLT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCAFFOLD AND THE COLUMN. THE SCAFFOLD, WITH THE EMPLOYEE, THEN FELL 58 FEET FROM THE 5TH FLOOR LEVEL TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL, WHERE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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