Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 105499.015 - Three employees are injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 105499.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 01/31/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1292283.015	01/31/2018		238310	West Coast Drywall & Company Inc

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on January 31, 2018, Employees #1, #2, and #3, and Coworkers #1 and #2, employed by a drywall construction company, were preparing to install drywall to the ceiling of a pool party room, part of a multiemployer construction project, a new multifamily residential building. They were on a scaffold platform that had been loaded with approximately 30 sheets of 4 by 8 drywall, each weighing approximately 85 pounds. Also on the platform were a superintendent for the general contractor and a foreman for the framing contractor. The center of the platform collapsed over the scaffold's center truss, and Employees #1, #2, and #3 fell with the falling scaffold planks, a fall height of approximately 13 feet. Emergency services were called, and the three employees were transported to the hospital. Employees #1 and #2 sustained ankle fractures that required hospitalization. Employee #3 was treated and released.

Keywords: Ankle, Ceiling, Fall, Falling Object, Fracture, Installing, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Work Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			8	80

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1292283.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 13 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:
2	1292283.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 13 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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