OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893321
MCCLURE SIDING COMPANY
DALE CITY, VA·
Event description
One employee killed, another injured in fall with platform
Investigation abstract
On July 6, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were approximately 25 ft high on the platfo nd snapped, causing the boom and the platform carrying Employees #1 and #2 in it to crash to the ground. The coworker, hearing the crash, ran out of the buildin g and down to the accident scene. He found Employee #1 on his back half in and h alf off the platform. He was suffering convulsions. Employee #2 was found a coup le of feet from the platform on his stomach with Employee #1's arm on his head. The coworker had to drive approximately one mile to call for help after trying u nsuccessfully to get assistance from residents in the area. Employee #1 was tran sported to Fairfax Hospital, where he died of multiple head injuries at 12:45 p. m. on July 10, 1988. Employee #2, suffering a fractured jaw and back injuries, w as transported to Potomac Hospital. rm of a model 40 John L. Grove manlift installing aluminum soffit on a building in Dale City, VA. They worked the early hours of the day, took off during the ho ttest hours, then returned to work at around 5:00 p.m. Between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m ., Employees #1 and #2, having just finished the soffit on building #36, were on the platform receiving bundles of soffit trim, which they intended to move to t he next building. A coworker had just passed a bundle to the platform and had tu rned to go back upstairs when he heard a crack, then a crashing sound. The rotat or bolts on the turntable assembly, on which the boom was mounted, had sheared a
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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