OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562730
FRESH MEADOWS PAINTING CORPORATION
BABYLON, NY—
Event description
Two employees injured in fall when scaffold cable breaks
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:20 a.m. on June 5, 1985, Employees #1 and #2 were approximate ly 32 ft above railroad tracks, painting the underside of an overpass. They were working from a horizontal wire cable scaffold that consisted of a 28 in. wide b y 24 ft long wooden work platform, suspended on two horizontal 1/2 in. diameter wire cables. One of the wires broke, and both painters fell onto the railroad tr acks. Employee #1 fractured his spine and legs, and Employee #2 fractured his hi p and leg. Both were hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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