OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566541
ARENA & SONS CONTRACTORS INC
PHOENIX, AZ—
Event description
Three employees injured when scaffold tower falls
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:45 a.m. on July 10, 1985, Employees #1 through #3 were applyi ng and finishing stucco on the east exterior wall of apartment building F of the La Villa Estrella construction site in Phoenix, AZ. They were working from a 16 ft high tubular welded frame scaffold when the tower collapsed and all three wo rkers fell. Employee #1 suffered a compound fracture of his left tibia and a com pression fracture of his L-1 vertebra; Employee #2 suffered a hairline fracture of his upper right arm; and Employee #3 sustained multiple contusions and abrasi ons over his face and body.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 556
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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