Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 102202.015 - Worker Falls When Scaffold Collapses

**Accident: 102202.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/17/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1285243.015	07/20/2017		Memo'S Scaffolding Norwalk Inc

At 10:15 a.m. on July 17, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a scaffold company, was working at a multifamily building construction site. He was on a scaffold and disassembling it. The scaffold was not properly braced, and it tipped over. Em ployee #1 fell, a fall height of 14 feet. Emergency services were called, and E mployee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fal l-related injuries.

Keywords: collapse, dismantling, fall, fall protection, residential construction, scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1285243.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	FallDist: 14 FallHt:14 Cause: Plastering FatCause:

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