OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709410
BEEHIVE INSULATION
DRAPER, UT·
Event description
Employees injured in fall from broken scaffold plank
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were insulating a steam pipe in the central plant. They were 12 ft above a concrete floor on a 12 ft long, 1 3/8 in. thick, and 11 in. wide board or plank that was on a Baker scaffold frame. The span between the scaffold frame was 10 ft. The plank was full of knots. While both employees were standin g on the plank, it broke and they fell to the floor. Employee #1 was taken to th e hospital; Employee #2 was taken to Med Care and released.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 593
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 593
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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