Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14309124 - Employee killed, four injured, in scaffold collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 14309124 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 09/28/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107207581	09/28/1993	1522	0	The Henderson Corporation
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107207573	09/28/1993	1542	0	Cap-Con, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:35 a.m. on September 28, 1993, Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4 were on tiered tubular welded frame scaffolding that was erected on the east side of a seven story apartment building. The scaffold was three panels or 21 ft wide by 11 tiered panels or 71 ft 6 in. high (each panel was 8 ft long by 5 ft wide by 6 ft 6 in. high). The employees were setting up for the construction of brick and block exterior walls when the scaffold collapsed, causing the four employees to fall to the ground. Employee #1 was killed; Employees #2, #3, and #4 were hospitalized. Employee #5, who was at the material hoist operator station below the scaffold, was injured by falling objects.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107207581	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
2	107207573	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
3	107207573	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
4	107207573	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
5	107207573	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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