OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488597
LASALA ENTERPRISES INC.
NEW YORK, NY·
Event description
One killed, three injured in collapse of suspension scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #2 was removing I-beam outriggers which had been used to support a mult ipoint suspension mason's scaffold on a high-rise apartment building. He mistake nly removed an I-beam that was still in use. When the beam came loose, Employee #2 was thrown into a concrete column. Employees #1 and #3 fell with the scaffold 13 stories to the ground; Employee #1 was killed and Employee #3 fractured his ankle. Employee #4, who had also been on the scaffold, clung to the remaining se ction of scaffold and sustained a bruised leg.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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