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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456768

HARV & HIGAM MASONRY INC

Event
FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BRACE, FALL, ANKLE, SCAFFOLD
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#15189053
Employer profile
HARV & HIGAM MASONRY INC
Summary number
14456768
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee breaks ankle in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was helping to remove the crossbraces at the 14 ft level of a Morgan masonry scaffold so the scaffold platform could be raised. As he was removing a crossbrace section, the scaffold leaned sideways. Employee #1 jumped clear of t he falling scaffold and broke his ankle when he struck the ground.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    5
    Source
    5
    Occupation code
    869
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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