OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #891994
NEW FACES MASONRY RESTORATION
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
TWO EMPLOYEES INJURED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working between the second and third level of a rizontally and 26-feet vertically to prevent displacement or movement. Employees #1 and #2 stated that they had not received training on scaffold safety. tubular welded frame scaffold that was approximately 42-feet high. Employees #1 and #2 were grinding out motor joints at a point pace wall of a building using small hand held electric grinders. The scaffold collapsed away from the wall res ulting in the two employees falling approximately 36-feet to the concrete sidewa lk. Both employees were taken to University Hospital. Employee #1 sustained a po ssible broken neck, back, hip, and left arm. Employee #2 sustained a back injury and several lacerations and bruises. Inspections of the scaffold revealed that the scaffold was not secured to the building structure at least every 30-feet ho
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- BACK (3)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Construction trades, n.e.c. (599)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- BACK (3)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Construction trades, n.e.c. (599)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.