OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759662
RIDGECREST BAPTIST CONFERENCE CENTER
RIDGECREST, NC·
Event description
One employee dies, one injured in scaffold collapse
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:15 a.m. on March 21, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were spray pa inting a gymnasium ceiling 20 ft 8 in. above the wood floor from a manually-prop elled mobile scaffold. The scaffold was not fitted with a guardrail and the whee ls/swivels were not locked. The scaffold rolled, tilted, and fell to the floor. Employee #1 sustained multiple upper body injuries and died at approximately 4:1 0 p.m. Employee #2 sustained multiple broken bones, and head and chest injuries. He was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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