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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 143290.015 - Employee Falls In Scaffold Collapse, Receives Fractures To B

**Accident: 143290.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 12/22/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1575603.015	02/01/2022		Scherrer Construction Co., Inc.

At 4:00 p.m. on December 22, 2021, an employee worked from a scaffold to install sill plates and assist in setting trusses for new residential construction. At some point, the employee attempted to descend from the scaffold using a step lad der. While attempting to get onto the ladder, the scaffold collapsed, and the em ployee fell approximately ten feet. The employee was taken to the hospital to tr eat fractures to both wrists but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: collapse, descending ladder, fall, fracture, ladder, scaffold, wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1575603.015	39	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	FallDist: 10 FallHt:10 Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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