OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970749
FRACTURE,DISMANTLING,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,TREE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TREE TRIMMING,OVERTURN,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee breaks arm in fall as scaffold collapses
Investigation abstract
Employees were attempting to remove the state Christmas tree from the capitol ro tunda. A 25 foot high tubular frame metal scaffold had been used to trim branche s from the tree and several ropes were tied to the tree to lower it sideways. Tw o employees were on the scaffold next to the tree while it was being lowered. Em ployee #1 was at the top level and the coworker was halfway down on the scaffold when the tree caught on the scaffold, tipping it over. Employee #1 fell approxi mately 25 feet to the floor and broke his right arm.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 486
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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