OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195531
REYNOLDS & ELLOT CO INC.
COLUMBIA, MD—
Event description
PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ALUMINUM SIDING FROM A PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD. HE WAS WO RKING FROM A HEIGHT OF 21 FEET. THE EAST END SCAFFOLD POLE BROKE AT A SPLICED JO INT. THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON HIS FACE, SUSTAINING A FRACTU RED JAW. THE THREE SCAFFOLD POLES WERE SPACED APPROXIMATELY 13 FEET APART. THE S CAFFOLD PLATFORM CONSISTED OF TWO SECTIONS, 12 FEET WIDE AND 14' LONG. THE PLATF ORM WAS MADE UP OF 2 X 4 LUMBER AND PARTICLE BOARD. THE SCAFFOLD DID NOT HAVE GU ARDRAILS. IT DID NOT HAVE A TRIANGLE BRACE AT THE BOTTOM. THE PLATFORM BRACKET W AS NOT FULLY DECKED AND THE PLATFORM WAS NOT SECURED. THE NAILS WERE NOT STAGGER ED UNIFORMLY AT THE SPLICE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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