OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490064
MCGUIRE & BENNETT, INC.
ITHACA, NY·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:22 PM ON NOVEMBER 6, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING ERECT A ME TAL TUBULAR PIPE SCAFFOLD AT THE FIFTH FLOOR LEVEL OF AN ELEVATOR SHAFT. HE STEP PED THROUGH THE OPENING FORMED BY A BLOCK WALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ELEVATOR SHAFT AND A PIER WALL BEING ASSEMBLED BY MASONS WORKING AT THE ELEVATOR OPENINGS . AS HE STEPPED OUT ONTO THE SCAFFOLD PLATFORM IN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT, HIS RIGHT FOOT CAME DOWN ON THE END OF A SCAFFOLD PLANK. THE PLANK TIPPED UP, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL DOWN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT. HE LANDED ON A PL ATFORM AT THE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL. HE RECEIVED A COMPOUND FRACTURE OF THE LOWER LE FT ARM AND A BROKEN RIB ON HIS LEFT SIDE. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#983 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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