OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #738583
R & R COMPANY
LOUISVILLE, KY·
Event description
TWO EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD BROKE
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and Employee #2 working from pump jack scaffold fell when the 2-in. by 4-in. wooden poles of the scaffold broke, falling approximately 25 ft to the ground. Employee #1 bruised his neck, and Employee #2 broke his back, both were hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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