OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607077
WAGONER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
MARIETTA, GA·
Event description
Two employees injured in scaffold collapse
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:45 p.m. on June 8, 1987, Employees #1 and #2 were on a pump j The above information was obtained from the police report and from interviews wi th employees. ack scaffold consisting of three poles supporting two platforms. Employee #2 and a coworker were on one platform while Employee #1 was alone on the other. After siding one side of a house under construction, they were lowering the platforms when the center pole broke. They fell approximately 25 ft to the ground. They b oth sustained multiple bruises and abrasions and were hospitalized. They had fab ricated the poles out of 2 by 4s when the metal poles they had been using were r emoved from the site. The employees apparently did not realize that the fabricat ed poles were not strong enough to support the scaffold. The weather was clear.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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