OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548093
BUILDING CONSTRUCTORS INC
ANCH, AK—
Event description
FALL FROM 2 POINT SUSPENSION SWING SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
A 2 POINT SUSPENSION SWINGING SCAFFOLD WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THERE WERE NO TIEBACK LINES, AND THE COUNTERWEIGHTS WERE INSUFFICIENT. THERE WERE 3 MEN ON TH E SCAFFOLD WHEN THE OUTRIGGERS SLID OFF THE UPPER ROOF. ONE MAN FELL 25 FEET ONT O A HARD SURFACE AND WAS INJURED. THE SCAFFOLD WAS A POWER CLIMBER MODEL E-52 WI TH 100 POUNDS WORKING LOAD.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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