Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14302889 - Employees fall as carpenter's bracket scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 14302889 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 11/21/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124426297	12/02/1994	1521	0	Brian Elmendorf

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on November 21, 1994, Employees #1 and #3 were working on a carpenter's bracket scaffold placing shingles on a roof edge. Employee #2, while waiting for another individual to arrive, went out through a window opening to assist Employees #1 and #3. Employees #1, #2 and #3 were standing within 6 feet of each other when a bracket on the scaffold gave way, and they fell 14 feet to the ground. Employee #1 suffered compression fractures to two vertebrae. Employee #2 suffered compression fractures to the 7th and 12th thoracic vertebrae and a shattered left ankle. Employee #3 suffered bruises and contusions.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, VERTEBRA, ANKLE, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124426297	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers
2	124426297	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters
3	124426297	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters

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