Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2842300 - Patent Scaffolding

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 2842300

Report ID: 0352440

Date Opened: 10/18/1985

Site Address:
Patent Scaffolding
Fort Smallwood Road
Pasadena, MD 21122

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:1799

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/12/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/12/1985

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360745897

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14295810

Event: 10/03/1985

Employee's skull fractured by falling scaffold plank

Employee #1 was halfway up a 70 ft high tubular welded frame scaffold, helping a coworker construct a floor of scaffold planks. The tower of approximately 6 ft 6 in. by 7 ft by 5 ft tall tubular welded frames was erected around a pipe that was to have the outside insulation removed. An approximately 2 in. by 12 in. by 8 ft long scaffold board fell 35 ft from the top of the scaffold, striking Employee #1 on the head. He sustained a fractured skull and a laceration, for which he was hospitalized. The board that fell had been left at the top of the scaffold while the tubular welded frame was being erected. Employee #1 was trained and experienced in the proper procedures for scaffold erection. He was wearing a hard hat.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, LACERATION, SKULL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2842300			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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