Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120863.015 - Two employees are inured in fall when scaffold plank breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 120863.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 10/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1438822.015	10/18/2019		238310	Bayside Wallboard Inc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on October 17, 2019, two employees were working from the third and fourth platforms of a tubular welded frame scaffold system performing wood blocking at the windows. The employees were standing on a side bracket platform located between the two platforms when the platform boards broke. Both employees fell to the first platform. Employee #1 suffered a broken rib and a punctured lung and was hospitalized. Employee #2 suffered a crushed vertebrae and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Lung, Plank, Planking, Puncture, Residential Construction, Rib, Scaffold, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1438822.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
2	1438822.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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