OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823500
ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS INC.
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
THREE CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
FOUR CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM A SCAFFOLD. TWO WERE HANGING SHEET G. EMPLOYEE #3 SUFFERED A SHATTERED HEEL AND SOME OTHER BROKEN FOOT BONES. ROCK 12 FEET, 7 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. THE OTHER TWO WERE TAPING SEAMS FROM A LOWER LEVEL ON THE SCAFFOLD. THE FOREMAN CALLED THEM ALL TOGETHER, IN AN AREA AB OUT 7 FEET LONG, TO DISCUSS HOW TO REPAIR A DEFECTIVE SEAM. AS HE FINISHED AND T HEY ALL TURNED TO RETURN TO THEIR RESPECTIVE WORK AREAS, A TWO BY FOUR NAILED TO THE WALL WHICH SUPPORTED THE SCAFFOLD SPLIT AND POPPED LOOSE. THE FOREMAN WAS A BLE TO GRAB ANOTHER BOARD AND HANG FROM IT UNTIL HE WAS RESCUED. EMPLOYEE #1 SLI D DOWN THE WALL BETWEEN THE VERTICAL SUPPORT AND THE WALL. HE RECEIVED CUTS, SCR APES, AND BRUISES. EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3 FELL TO THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #2 BROKE A LE
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 573
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 573
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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