OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821207
THE KORTH COMPANIES, INC.
BETHESDA, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL FROM A WORK PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
AT 9:30 AM ON MARCH 24, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A CARPENTER EMPLOYED BY THE KORTH COM ST. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT USE ANY TYPE OF PPE, NOR HAD HE RECEIVED ANY TRAINING I N THE RECOGNITION OF HAZARDS. PANIES, INC., 9101-A GAITHER ROAD, GAITHERSBURG, MD. 20877, WAS WORKING AT 8910 FERNWOOD ROAD, BETHESDA MD. 20817 (A SINGLE FAMILY TWO STORY HOME). EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING FROM THE TOP OF A TUBULAR WELDED FRAME SCAFFOLD 6 FEET, 6 INCHES HIG H. HE WAS INSTALLING A WINDOW DORMER ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE SCAFFOLD WAS LOCAT ED ABOUT 3 FEET FROM A WOOD STUD FRAME WALL. DURING WORK HE FOUND THAT HE NEEDED A LEVEL. HE NOTICED A LEVEL ON A PLATFORM ABOVE HIM. HE REACHED ACROSS TO THE W OOD STUD WALL AND CLIMBED UP TO GET THE LEVEL. ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE SCAFFOLD W ORK PLATFORM HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE FELL TO THE FLOOR, SUFFERING A BROKEN LEFT WRI
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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