OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659755
ABLE GENERAL CONTRACTING, INCORPORATED
FALL RIVER, MA·
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)
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#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 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 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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