OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549265

FRACTURE,HEAD,CONSTRUCTION,PLANK,LACERATION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,VERTEBRA,SCAFFOLD

1989-05-11T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,HEAD,CONSTRUCTION,PLANK,LACERATION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,VERTEBRA,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14549265
Report ID: 951510

Event description

Employee injured in fall from scaffold when plank breaks

Investigation abstract

After cutting off metal purlins, Employee #1 stepped down onto scaffold planks. One of the 2 by 12 (nominal) planks broke, causing the employee to fall approxim ately 15 ft to the concrete floor. Employee #1 fractured two vertebrae and susta ined a laceration to the back of his head that required hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
20

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
597

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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