OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14459911
BAKER CONSTRUCTION
OCEAN CITY, MD—
Event description
Employee injured in 28 ft fall when scaffold pole broke
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were installing cedar siding from a pump jack scaffol d that was located at the end of a building under construction. The 32 ft long w ood poles used to support the scaffold were made of yellow pine 2 by 2s and salt -treated 2 by 4s. One of the poles broke and Employee #1 fell approximately 28 f t to the ground. The pump jack manufacturer recommends, and 29 FR 1926(y)(4)(11) requires, that the poles not exceed 30 ft in length. In addition, the poles wer e required to be made of fir 2 by 4s, and they were not properly spaced or brace d. The scaffold was not guarded and no lifelines were being used.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 67
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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