Scaffolding

57YOM PRESENT TO ED PT WAS ON SCAFFOLDING THAT GAVE OUT CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD AND 6FT FALL LANDING ON HIS HEAD REPORTED 5MIN LOC.RECEIVED ***/*** BY EMS,BECAME A SCENE *** ACTIVATION.ENROUTE VS STABLE,NO AIRWAY DIFFICULTYDX:FALL;CONCUSSION W/ LOC 30MIN OR LESS

66YOM WAS PAINTING A HOUSE AND WAS ON SCAFFOLDING WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 4-5 FT. DX: FALL ON AND FROM SCAFFOLDING CAUSING ACCIDENTAL INJURY; CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITHOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; RIGHT-SIDED CHEST WALL PAIN; ACUTE BILATERAL LOW BACK PAIN; SPASM OF THORACIC BACK MUSCLE.

47YOM C/O WRIST PAIN. FELL 3FT BACKWARDS OFF A SCAFFOLDING AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT WRIST. DX: WRIST SPRAIN

62YOM WALKED IN TO ED FOLLOWING A FALL FROM SCAFFOLDING APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET 3 DAYS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL, REPORTS FALLING ON BOARDS. PATIENT REPORTS FALLING ON RIGHT SIDE. PATIENT REPORTS RIGHT SIDED PAIN IN CHEST, ABDOMEN, SHOULDER, AND FACE. PATIENT REPORTS CHIPPING 3 TEETH. DX:SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE; FACIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN.

39YOM - PATIENT PRESENT FOR FALL. PT FELL OFF SCAFFOLDING. PT HAS + LOC AND SCALP LACERATION. DX: FALL.

60YOM REPORTS AFTER FALLING FROM SCAFFOLDING GREATER THAN 20 FT. PATIENT REPORTS LEG AND BACK PAIN. DX S/P FALL, HIP FRACTURE,PELVIC FRACTURE, ANKLE INJURY, ADMIT.

53 YOM FELL OFF SCAFFOLD DX; LHIP FX, PELVIC FX

40YOM STATES THAT HE FELL OFF OF A SCAFFOLDING THIS MORNING WAS WEARING A HELMET AT THE TIME DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL LOW BACK PAIN

65YOM PRESENTS AFTER HE WAS ON SOME SCAFFOLDING SLIPPED AND FELL AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HIP, PRESENTS WITH PAIN TO HIS RIGHT HIP AND SORENESS TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER DX: CLOSED DISPLACED FRACTURE OF RIGHT ACETABULUM

49YOM WAS AT A HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE WHEN 450 LBS OF SCAFFOLDING FELL STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER DX: PAIN RIGHT SHOULDER

38 YOM FELL APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET OFF SCAFFOLDING AND REPORTEDLY LANDED ON HIS BOTTOM. SUSPECT PATIENT ALSO HIT HIS HEAD. DX: LACERATION OF SCALP, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

59YOM PRESENTS TO THE ED AFTER THE PATIENT FELL FROM A 8 FT SCAFFOLD LANDING ON RIGHT SIDE COMPLAINING OF WRIST PAIN. DX: FALL FROM SCAFFOLD, WRIST PAIN AND SWELLING, WRIST FRACTURE

The door latch for staging guard rail is installed wrong. The door unexpectedly opened and almost fell off. UPDATED ON 8/24/2023: [I installed the rails on the platform. The fault latch was installed at the factory. It was not at work. ]

I was working on a UST Work-A-Round scafflod when the weld holding the right front leg and caster broke. I was pitched forward and fell to the floor. I couldn't remove my body from the collapsing unit since my feet were caught and bent backwards within the unit. I went to the ER and had x-rays of my feet, ankles, knees and wrists. I had a broken big toe and later lost that nail and much tissue damage and swelling to my lower legs and feet. I also had tingling from my knees to my toes and also to my wrists. I used crutches for one week to get around since I couldn't put my weight on my lower legs or feet.

Scaffolding collapsed due to the securing pins not engaging fully, I was treated for a broken forearm at Via Christi Hospital in Wichita Kansas. Total cost of the broken arm was more than $19,000.00 to the hospital & Doctor. The scaffolding was made by Buffalo Tools Corp. & sold by Tractor Supply in Wichita Kansas.

A contractor was working on a scaffold when a newly replace 5-inch caster broke away. As a result, the contractor fell 4 feet from the ground causing bruised ribs and a broken rib to his right side. Further investigation revealed the caster was not properly weld between the stem and the top plate. The caster was improperly manufactured and could not sustain the recommended rating of 440lbs. The caster was in the lock position and no movement was conducted with the scaffold. While inspecting other casters, we noticed the newly purchased casters did not have an outside weld like other original casters. The contractor stated they purchased the castors from Amazon and the vendor is still to be determined. We recommended the vendor to conduct an inspection of all scaffolds to determine if they possess the new replacement caster. If so, they were to suspend operations of the scaffold until further notice.

One of our employees was using a Werner PS-48 4 ft Portable Scaffold. He was applying drywall mud with the wheels locked. The unit broke apart and the employee fell 3' to the floor. The diagonal bracing broke away from the center piece on the back side of the scaffold. It appears the metal in the center piece is too thin to handle the type of use it's designed for. A check of 4 other Werner PS-48's showed one unit about to fail for the same reason and two of the units with stress cracks in the same area. We believe these scaffolds have a faulty design and we have pulled them from the field.