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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659755

CHEST,FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,DISLOCATED,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SPRAIN,SCAFFOLD

Event
CHEST,FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,DISLOCATED,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SPRAIN,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
659755
Report ID
111400

Event description

Employees injured in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employees #1, #2, and #3 were on a scaffold installing vinyl sidings on a three- story building. When the employees converged at one time between two supports, t hey fell. Employee #1 sustained a fractured chest, Employee #2 a back sprain, an d Employee #3 a dislocated arm. All were hospitalized.

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    20
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #3 Hospitalized Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    9
    Part of body
    17
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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