OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #964197
FRACTURE,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED AS SCAFFOLD COLLAPSES UNDER HIM
Investigation abstract
At about 6:00 p.m., Employee #1 was standing on an aluminum mobile scaffold, abo ut 13 ft above the wooden stage floor, adjusting stage lights. In order to reach one of the lights he attempted to pull on the overhead stationary pipe to move the scaffold closer. The scaffold tilted, possibly because the wheels were not l ocked, and caused the scaffold to fall. Employee #1 felt the scaffold moving and tried to grab onto the pipes unsuccessfully. He landed on the stage floor, and was hospitalized for fractures.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 194
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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