OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14567622
GREGGS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC
COLUMBIA, SC—
Event description
Employee injured in 19 ft fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on the inside of a structure attaching pans to the framing. The structure, which resembled a wedge, was 25 ft at its highest point. Inside the s tructure, a scaffold had been erected so Employee #1 could attach the pans. Due to the sharp angle of the structure, he had to lean out to attach the pans. He a pparently lost his balance and fell approximately 19 ft to a plywood floor, suff ering a broken foot and ankle, and a cracked vertebra. Employee #1 had no person al fall protection equipment. He was not using any tools at the time of the acci dent.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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