OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #761445
LITTLE RIVER MASONRY CO., INC.
MT. AIRY, NC·
Event description
Employees injured working from Morgan scaffolds
Investigation abstract
On the same day, Employees #1 and #2 were injured in separate incidents involvin yee #2 suffered a cracked vertebra in his neck. g Morgan tower scaffolds. Employee #1 climbed a single Morgan tower approximatel y 22 ft high and unhooked the top brace connecting it to another tower. The scaf fold was not braced at the bottom. The weight of the employee and gusting winds then caused the scaffold to topple. Employee #1 suffered multiple fractures of h is arms and legs and a dislocated left shoulder. Employee #2 was laying 8 in. bl ock on a wall approximately 22 ft high. As he was working he noticed that the sc affold was getting farther away from the wall. He thought that the scaffold was falling and jumped to the wall. The wall was falling due to gusting winds. Emplo
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 564
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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