Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511539

S & S MASONRY, INC.

Event
WORK RULES, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PLANK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#17504960
Employer profile
S & S MASONRY, INC.
Summary number
14511539
Report ID
625400

Event description

Four employees injured in fall when scaffold plank falls

Investigation abstract

Employees #1 through #4 were on a scaffold when a slag-filled weld on a bracket broke. The plank supported by the bracket, along with the employees, fell 10 ft 5 in. to the ground. They sustained injures and Employees #1 through #3 were hos pitalized.

Victims (4)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    18
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    20
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  4. #4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 42 M

    Nature of injury
    20
    Part of body
    18
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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