OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14327423
AMPAT SOUTHERN CORP
WASHINGTON, DC—
Event description
FALL FROM COLLAPSING SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
BOTH OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN WORKING FROM A TWO-POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD INST ALLING WINDOW FRAMES IN A NEW BUILDING. AFTER A COFFEE BREAK THEY WENT BACK TO T HE SCAFFOLD, WHICH WAS SUSPENDED AT THE SIXTH FLOOR APPROXIMATELY 60 FT ABOVE TH E STREET. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ONTO THE SCAFFOLD, WITHOUT PUTTING ON HIS SAFETY B ELT, TO LOOK AT A PROBLEM AREA ABOVE. EMPLOYEE #1 CALLED TO EMPLOYEE #2 TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AREA ALSO. EMPLOYEE #2 STEPPED ONTO THE SCAFFOLD WIT HOUT PUTTING ON HIS SAFETY BELT. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE SCAFFOLD FELL, THROWING EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE STREET BELOW, WHILE EMPLOYEE #2 WAS ABLE TO HOLD ONTO THE BUI LDING WINDOW FRAME AND PULL HIMSELF BACK ONTO THE BUILDING FLOOR.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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