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Accident Summary Nr: 14327423 - FALL FROM COLLAPSING SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 14327423 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 05/22/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1845304	05/23/1984	1793	0	Ampat Southern Corp

Abstract: BOTH OF THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN WORKING FROM A TWO-POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD INSTALLING WINDOW FRAMES IN A NEW BUILDING. AFTER A COFFEE BREAK THEY WENT BACK TO THE SCAFFOLD, WHICH WAS SUSPENDED AT THE SIXTH FLOOR APPROXIMATELY 60 FT ABOVE THE STREET. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ONTO THE SCAFFOLD, WITHOUT PUTTING ON HIS SAFETY BELT, TO LOOK AT A PROBLEM AREA ABOVE. EMPLOYEE #1 CALLED TO EMPLOYEE #2 TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AREA ALSO. EMPLOYEE #2 STEPPED ONTO THE SCAFFOLD WITHOUT PUTTING ON HIS SAFETY BELT. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE SCAFFOLD FELL, THROWING EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE STREET BELOW, WHILE EMPLOYEE #2 WAS ABLE TO HOLD ONTO THE BUILDING WINDOW FRAME AND PULL HIMSELF BACK ONTO THE BUILDING FLOOR.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, SAFETY BELT, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1845304			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	1845304			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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