OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #741876
GATTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
EDGEWATER, MD·
Event description
Carpenter injured when scaffold collapses
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a carpenter, was 30 ft above the ground on a pump jack scaffold ins talling wood siding on a single family home. The scaffold's southern pole broke, collapsing the scaffold. Employee #1 fell 30 ft to a dirt surface. He was taken to Anne Arundel General Hospital, where he was treated for a bruised shoulder a nd released. Several factors contributed to the accident including: the pole hei ght, which was 40 ft 6 in.; the poles' spacing, which was 16 ft; and the fact th at they were improperly braced.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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