OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297543
KELLS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC.
FALLSTON, MD—
Event description
Two employees injured when pump jack scaffold collapses
Investigation abstract
At 8:10 a.m. on June 20, 1985, Employees #1 and #2, a carpenter and a carpenter' f the member. The scaffold poles were not set on firm foundations and were not b raced at the vertical 10-ft level. No guardrails were provided. s helper, were installing 9-ft by 4-ft sheets of T-41 wood siding on the front o f a new dwelling that was under construction. The employees were on the left sid e of a pump jack scaffold that was elevated to a height of 19 ft, 1 in., working from a 500 lb capacity Taskmaster manufactured metal work platform (Model #2424 ) that was 24-ft by 14-in. wide and set on 24-in.-wide platform brackets. The le ft scaffold pole snapped, causing Employees #1 and #2 to fall to the hard, uneve n ground. They sustained knee, leg, and ankle injuries, as well as cuts and abra sions. Splices on the left scaffold pole did not support the full working load o
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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