OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516678
COLLISION,TIE-OFF,TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD,FALL,CLEARANCE,WORK RULES,FRACTURE,CONSTRUCTION,CRANE
Event description
Employee injured in fall when knocked from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and two coworkers were on a two-point suspended scaffold when it was struck by a crane moving a load of construction form materials. Employee #1, wh o was getting off the scaffold and was not tied-off, fell 71 feet 6 inches. He l anded on the crossbracing of a tubular welded frame scaffold, which broke his fa ll. He sustained multiple fractures and internal injuries, and at the time of th is report was in critical but stable condition. The crane operator could not see the load and the two flagmen failed to maintain proper clearance from the scaff old.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- 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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