OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893347
KICK BACK,CONSTRUCTION,PLANK,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FACE,SCAFFOLDING
Event description
Employee injured when pulling on scaffold plank
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on August 18, 1988, Employee #1 was attempting to rem ove scaffold planks from the scaffold. One plank was nailed to another plank. Em ployee #1 pulled on the plank, which sprang back and struck Employee #1 in the f ace. Employee #1 received a severe cut to the face and mouth.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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