OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821827
FRACTURE,OUTRIGGER,WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,FOOT,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee fractures heel in scaffold collapse
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was instructed to remove extra cinder blocks from a scaffold to the outside outrigger for eventual removal by a forklift operator. Approximately 25 to 30 blocks had been placed on the outrigger, causing the entire scaffold to co llapse. Employee #1 rode the scaffold to the halfway point and then jumped off. Employee #1 fractured his left heel.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 564
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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