Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14488597 - One killed, three injured in collapse of suspension scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14488597 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 07/07/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100620319	07/07/1986	1741	0	Lasala Enterprises Inc.

Abstract: Employee #2 was removing I-beam outriggers which had been used to support a multipoint suspension mason's scaffold on a high-rise apartment building. He mistakenly removed an I-beam that was still in use. When the beam came loose, Employee #2 was thrown into a concrete column. Employees #1 and #3 fell with the scaffold 13 stories to the ground; Employee #1 was killed and Employee #3 fractured his ankle. Employee #4, who had also been on the scaffold, clung to the remaining section of scaffold and sustained a bruised leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OUTRIGGER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ANKLE, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100620319	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	100620319	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
3	100620319	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
4	100620319	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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