OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822304
REJO CONSTRUCTION, INC.
ARNOLD, MD·
Event description
Employee sustains multiple fractures in fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on October 10, 1988, Employee #1, a laborer for Rejo Construction Inc., Westminster, MD, was atop a 13 ft high tubular welded scaffol d helping a coworker carry a heavy pan of mortar to the loading area section of the scaffold platform. He was about 50 ft from the eastern end of the scaffold w hen he lost his footing and balance and fell, sustaining multiple fractures. Thi s was his first day of work. Standard guardrails and toe boards were not install ed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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