OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977298

FRACTURE,DISMANTLING,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD,PELVIS,ARM,INATTENTION

1987-10-12T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,DISMANTLING,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD,PELVIS,ARM,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 977298
Report ID: 454714

Event description

Employee injured when he cuts rope and scaffold collapses

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was disassembling a two-point suspension scaffold, He began to cut t he supporting ropes with a pocket knife. Employee #1 stopped briefly to consider the consequences, but continued cutting until the rope was severed. The scaffol d flipped, throwing the employee into the air. He fell 30 ft to the ground and w as hospitalized with a fractured arm and pelvis.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
2

Event type
5

Source
24

Occupation code
69

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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