OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851063
J & B IMPROVEMENT CO.
MISHICOT, WI·
Event description
TWO EMPLOYEES FELL FROM SCAFFOLD WHEN PLANK BROKE
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEES WERE RE-ROOFING A 2 STORY, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. EMPLOYEES #1 AN E EQUIPMENT WAS USED. D #2 WERE WORKING AT A HEIGHT OF 15 FEET ON A LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD. BOTH EMPLOYE ES WERE STANDING ON A SINGLE 2 BY 10 INCH PINE PLANK, SPANNING A DISTANCE OF 10 1/2 FEET. THE PLANK BROKE AT THE CENTER, CAUSING THE 2 EMPLOYEES TO FALL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL HEAD FIRST AND DIED OF MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. THE COUNT Y CORONOR FELT THAT HE DIED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS SIDE, BRUISING HIS HIP AND SPRAINING HIS LEG. THE CASUAL FACTORS OF THIS EVENT W ERE; AN INFERIOR GRADE OF LUMBER WAS USED AS A SCAFFOLD PLANK AND THE PLANK WAS USED TO SPAN TOO GREAT A DISTANCE WITH 2 EMPLOYEES ABOARD. NO PERSONAL PROTECTIV
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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