Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14456313 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14456313 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 12/10/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3275476	12/11/1984	1741	0	Harv & Higam Masonry Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a Morgan scaffold, stocking pallets of blocks and cutting the metal bands that secured the blocks to the pallets. One of the 16 ft long scaffold planks worked free of its support arm and Employee #1 fell approximately 24 ft to the concrete floor. The scaffold was set up according to requirements and the plank had about 6 in. of clearing on the supports; somehow it worked free during normal use.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PLANK, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3275476			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons

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