OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14340244
CAPITOL MAINTENANCE, INC.
NATCHEZ, MS—
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL FROM 2-POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SANDBLASTING AT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE FROM NATCHEZ, MISSI ACHING VERTICAL BRACE #50. TWENTY MINUTES LATER, TWO CO-WORKERS WITNESSED EMPLOY EE #1 AND THE SCAFFOLD BOARD FALLING TO THE ROADWAY. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF MULTIPL E INJURIES. SSIPPI TO VIDALIA, LOUISIANA, FROM THE WEST BANK TO A POINT JUST EAST OF PIER #3 . A CO-WORKER HAD HELPED EMPLOYEE #1 REPOSITION HIS ALUMINUM SCAFFOLD WORK PLATF ORM (26 FEET LONG BY 20 FEET, 1/4 INCH WIDE AND 6 INCHES THICK) BETWEEN VERTICAL BRACES #50 & 51 JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE SCAFFOLD BOARD WAS BEING SUSPEN DED BY STEEL STIRRUP-LIKE BRACKETS HOOKED OVER PARALLEL WIRE ROPE CABLES STRUNG DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. THE 2 INCH DIAMETER SANDBLASTING HOSE H AD BEEN TIED TO THE ALUMINUM SCAFFOLD BOARD WHICH WAS HANGING ABOUT 60 FEET ABOV E THE ROADWAY. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD RESUMED SANDBLASTING THE TOP CHORDS AND WAS APPRO
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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