OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565691
STATEWIDE MASONRY INC
TUCSON, AZ·
Event description
Employee injured in fall when scaffold platform dislodged
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working as a laborer on a Morgan-type scaffold that was set betw een two towers. He was working at a height of approximately 27 feet, transferrin g concrete block to a material platform, when the platform on which he was stand ing became displaced from the support brackets and dropped from under him. Emplo yee #1 fell to the ground and suffered severe leg injuries. The main causal fact or for this accident was the use of improper platforms that were not sufficientl y long and were not secured to prevent movement.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 564
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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