Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114854.015 - Two employees fall when site-built scaffold breaks, one incu

Accident Summary Nr: 114854.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 11/19/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1363834.015	12/03/2018		236118	Haci Esat Karaaslan

Abstract: At 3:20 p.m. on November 19, 2018, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a residential construction company, were installing wood sheathing to the exterior of a single family residence that was being renovated. Rather than wait for the scaffolding their employer had ordered from a different company, they built a scaffold on site with a work platform approximately 11 feet above the dirt surface. This scaffold lacked guardrails. The employees were working from this scaffold and holding the top and bottom of a 4 foot by 8 foot piece of plywood when the scaffold broke. Both employees fell. Employee #1 was transported to a hospital, where he received 10 to 12 stitches to close a laceration on his left pinky finger. He was released without hospitalization. Employee #2 was transported to a different hospital for observation and then release without hospitalization.

Keywords: Elevated Work Platform, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Finger, Guardrail, Laceration, Renovation, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Unauthorized, Unguarded, Work Rules

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1363834.015	36	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
2	1363834.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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