Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14332480 - Four employees injured when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 14332480 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 02/08/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100366673	02/08/1986	1542	0	Carroll Daniel Construction Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100366681	02/10/1986	1731	0	Steve Fowler Electrical Contractors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100366699	02/10/1986	1711	0	Fowler & Garner Plumbing Contractors
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100366665	02/08/1986	1741	0	Great Southern Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was removing some planks from the top of one of the bottom frames of a 4 frame Taco International tubular welded frame scaffold that was 27 1/2 ft high and 30 ft long. Employees #2, #3, and #4 were laying brick on the top frame. A cube of brick weighing approximately 2,250 lb and a mortar paw were also atop the scaffold. The cross braces had been removed from two of the bottom frames to allow materials to be passed under the scaffold into the building. The scaffold shifted to the left and collapsed. Employee #1 sustained a fractured left wrist and two broken ribs and was hospitalized. Employee #2 sprained his ankle and Employees #3 and #4 sustained sprained wrists and minor contusions.

Keywords: FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SPRAIN, WORK RULES, BRACING, CONTUSION, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100366673			Occupation Not Listed
2	100366681			Occupation Not Listed
3	100366699			Occupation Not Listed
4	100366665	Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported
5	100366665	Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported
6	100366665	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
7	100366665	Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported

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