OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511927
WILLIAM DROEMER, CONTRACTOR
BOERNE, TX·
Event description
One employee killed, one injured in scaffold collapse
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were working from a scaffold that was approximately 18 feet high. A coworker moved the scaffold, causing it to fall. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 sustained injuries that required hospitalization. It was recomme nded that employees be trained in the erection and use of scaffolds, and that th e employer not allow employees to slide a manually-propelled scaffold if the sca ffold base is not at least half of its height.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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