OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #891994
GRINDER,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,BACK,LACERATION,FALL,NECK,ARM,HIP,CONTUSION,SCAFFOLD
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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