OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #963835
INSTALLING,PLANK,FALL,CONTUSION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
At 10:30 a.m. on February 20, 1990, Employee #1 was working on a make-shift scaf by the 2 inch by 6 inch end support. The scaffold plank broke in two parts, cau sing Employee #1 to fall 20 feet to the ground. Employee #1 was installing wood siding on the outside wall of the building. fold installed in a stairway entrance between two buildings. The work platform c onsisted of a 12 inch by 10 inch by 18 foot plank that was supported on one end by the floor of a stair landing and on the opposite end by a piece of 2 inch by 6 inch lumber that spanned the distance between the two buildings, and a triangu lar wood 2 inch by 4 inch bracket, both supports secured with nails. Ten foot aw ay from this end, another wooden 2 inch by 4 inch bracket was installed under th is plank as a center support. The bracket bearers were both about 3 feet long. E mployee #1 was two to three feet from the end of the scaffold that was supported
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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