OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14477889
DICK FLEURY BUILDING & REMODELING
AUGUSTA, ME·
Event description
Two employees injured in 20 ft fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were at a height of 20 ft installing vinyl siding on a build ing. They were working from a pump jack scaffold that consisted of three 25 ft p oles made of 9 ft and 16 ft 2 by 4s. The poles were braced at 8 and 25 ft off th e ground. The middle pole snapped 9 ft from the top, where the 2 by 4s came toge ther, and both employees fell. Employee #1 broke his tailbone and Employee #2 br oke his back. If the poles had been braced in accordance with regulation T8CCR 1 926.451(y)(4)(iii), a brace would have been located adjacent to where the pole b roke.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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