OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565691

UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,WORK PLATFORM,LEG,SCAFFOLD

1986-02-28T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,WORK PLATFORM,LEG,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14565691
Report ID: 950411

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

#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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