Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14236855 - Two employees injured in fall from collapsing scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14236855 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 06/19/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104608948	06/22/1987	1771	0	Lucky Concrete Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104610050	06/22/1987	1542	0	Southwest Builders & Developers Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104608922	06/22/1987	1731	0	Nevada Electrical Service
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104608955	06/22/1987	1796	0	Otis Elevator Co

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were told by their foreman to pick up some forming components, load them into a wheelbarrow, and bring them downstairs. The employees took a shortcut past a perimeter barricade and onto a form scaffold, on which was written "do not stand." They then planned to throw the components over the edge of the scaffold to the ground. When both employees stepped onto the scaffold it collapsed, causing them to fall to the ground. Employees #1 and #2 were hospitalized. They stated that they did not know why the scaffold collapsed. Subsequent investigation showed that a trench had been dug next to a brace that supported the scaffold on the ground. It is speculated that the backhoe that was digging the trench accidentally hit the brace, displacing it enough that the scaffold could not support the additional weight of the employees.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, FALL, SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104608948	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	104608948	Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.
3	104610050			Occupation Not Listed
4	104608922			Occupation Not Listed
5	104608955			Occupation Not Listed

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