OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998443

FRACTURE,LUNG,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,RIB,FALL,VERTEBRA,SCAFFOLD

1987-06-08T08:30:00

Event: FRACTURE,LUNG,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,RIB,FALL,VERTEBRA,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 998443
Report ID: 552700

Event description

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 AM ON JUNE 8, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PUTTING UP WOOD SIDING WHILE STANDING ON A METAL BRACKET SCAFFOLD LOCATED AT THE NORTH-EAST SIDE OF TH E BUILDING. HE WAS ABOUT 18 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, STANDING ON A 12 INCH WIDE DECK. THE SCAFFOLD HAD BEEN SECURED BY DRIVING 16 PENNY NAILS INTO THE STUDS. IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE MOUNTING NAILS PULLED OUT, CAUSING THE DECK TO FALL AND E MPLOYEE #1 WITH IT. HE SUFFERED TWO COMPRESSED VERTEBRA, A COLLAPSED LUNG, TWO B ROKEN RIBS, A BROKEN JAW AND 6 FRACTURED TEETH. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED 7 DAYS AND O UT OF WORK FOR AT LEAST 10 WEEKS.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
31

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
567

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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