OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691493
THE GATEWAY CO
BLANDING, UT·
Event description
Employees injured when scaffold collapses
Investigation abstract
Employees installed a two-point suspension scaffold from which they were to pain t a 40 ft high water tank. The safety lines provided were only 50 ft long and no t long enough to tie to the structure and reach the ground. The lines were secur ed to the tie cables above the edge roller. The pin securing the scaffold riggin g broke at the weld line, releasing the scaffold's rigging. The scaffold collaps ed and fell about 36 to 38 ft, carrying Employees #1 and #2 with it to the groun d. The employees were hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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