Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14437644 - Employees suffer multiple injuries in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14437644 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 02/13/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17731001	02/13/1989	1711	0	Green Plumbing & Heating Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17731043	02/13/1989	1542	0	Ormond Builders, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17731027	02/13/1989	1731	0	G & R Electric, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107027195	02/13/1989	1742	0	Larry Carlson Plastering Co.

Abstract: Four employees gathered at one point on a 17 1/2 ft high scaffold. The wire holding the beam that was supporting the scaffold platform broke, causing the portion of the scaffold where the employees were standing to fall. Employees #1, #2, and #3 fell to the floor. Employee #1 suffered shattered heels and a fractured back; Employee #2 was hit in the face by a falling board and suffered a broken cheekbone and nose; Employee #3 suffered fractured ribs. A fourth employee held onto the ceiling framework and was able to swing onto the scaffolding that remained standing. He was not injured.

Keywords: BROKEN CABLE, FALL, STRUCK BY, SCAFFOLD, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, NOSE, BACK, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17731001			Occupation Not Listed
2	17731043			Occupation Not Listed
3	17731027	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sales counter clerks
4	17731027	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians' apprentices
5	107027195	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; painters, paperhangers and plasterers

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