OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690065
LANGERMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
BURNSVILLE, MN·
Event description
TWO CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES INJURED IN SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM ON FEBRUARY 9, 1987, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE WORKING FROM A PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD INSTALLING SIDING ABOVE A SECOND STORY WINDOW ON THE N ORTH SIDE OF BUILDING #10. THE CENTER POLE OF THE SCAFFOLD, WHICH WAS THE BEARIN G POINT OF THE EAST AND WEST ENDS OF THE SCAFFOLD PLATFORM, WAS UNABLE TO BEAR T HE INTENDED LOAD AND COLLAPSED. BOTH EMPLOYEES FELL TO THE GROUND, 14 FEET BELOW . GUARDRAILS WERE NOT PROVIDED, NOR WERE SAFETY BELTS AND LIFELINES. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED TWO BROKEN FEET. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED A BROKEN FINGER.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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