OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14477624
PLANKING,FRACTURE,GUARDRAIL,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,RIB,FALL,CONCUSSION,VERTEBRA,SCAFFOLD
Event description
FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE, WORKING ALONE ON 24' HIGH MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WAS INSTALLING PIPE HANGERS FOR A HEATING SYSTEM. THE MOBILE SCAFFOLD WAS MOVED BY EMPLOYEES FROM THE TOP L EVEL. THIS SCAFFOLD WAS NOT FULLY PLANKED AND DID NOT HAVE GUARD RAILS. NO ONE S AW THE ACCIDENT AND THE EMPLOYEE DOES NOT RECALL WHAT HAPPENED (A RESULT OF THE TRAUMA). IT APPEARS THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE SCAFFOLD FROM THE TOP WHEN IT RAN INTO SOME CONCRETE CHIPS ON THE FINISHED FLOOR, STOPPING THE SCAFFOLD AND CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO GRAB A BAR JOIST FOR SUPPORT. THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRI P ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR BELOW. INJURIES INCLUDED A C ONCUSSION, FRACTURED RIBS & VERTEBRA.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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