OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14217053
ROWLEY PLASTERING CO INC
PHOENIX, AZ—
Event description
EMPLOYEE HIT BY WHIPPING HOSE FALLS FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
Three plasterers working for Rowley Plastering Company Incorporated were working on a 24 ft high tubular welded-frame scaffold without guardrail protection. The y were spraying plaster onto walls using a nozzle and hose, when Employee #1 was knocked off of the scaffold by the hose whipping around. Employee #1 was hospit alized for fractures to his neck and head injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 584
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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