OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549331
ELECTRICIAN,FALL,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
TWO ELECTRICIANS INJURED WHEN SCAFFOLD FELL OVER
Investigation abstract
TWO ELECTRICIANS (EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2) WERE HANGING SOME CONDUIT AND TRACK LIGHT ING FROM ATOP A 29 FOOT HIGH MANUALLY PROPELLED METAL TUBULAR SCAFFOLD. THE EMPL OYEES LATER STATED THAT THE SCAFFOLD FELL OVER, CAUSING THEM BOTH TO ALSO FALL A ND SUSTAIN INJURIES FOR WHICH THEY WERE HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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