OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465157
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,UNGUARDED,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Event description
Laborer hospitalized after fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
On September 24, 1987, employees were laying blocks and bricks on the east wall s hospitalized. A contributing factor to the accident may have been that 12 of 5 6 braces were missing from the scaffold. of an auditorium. They were working from a 13 ft 32 in. high by 7 ft 2 in. wide by 96 ft long tubular welded frame scaffold with a 13 ft 3 1/2 in. high platform . Three laborers, including Employee #1, were carrying bricks, blocks, and morta r from the loading area at the south end of the scaffold to the bricklayers. Emp loyee #1 was carrying two 12 in. blocks while walking along the unprotected west side of the platform. He stepped on a walkboard lap, twisted sideways, and fell backward off the scaffold. Employee #1 fell 13 ft 3 1/2 in. in a fetal position to the plywood walkway beside the scaffold. He sustained a back fracture and wa
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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