OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606442
LEG,FRACTURE,PAINT,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Event description
TWO EMPLOYEES INJURED IN FALL WHEN SCAFFOLD RIGGING FAILED
Investigation abstract
At 11:00 a.m. on August 16, 1989, two employees fell 240 feet to the ground whil e painting the old Georgia State capital building in Milledgeville. The single p aint scaffold was paired to the building by hooks. Apparently the rigging failed . The scaffold was secured by wire rope around the parapet on the roof through f abricated pad eyes with rope through the shoulder with stress on the shackle bol t. A witness heard a loud noise, the rope spun around the parapet and the scaffo ld fell. No secondary feed back was used. The two employees suffered multiple fr actures and internal injuries.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- 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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