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Accident Summary Nr: 14514392 - Two employees injured in ladder jack scaffold collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 14514392 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 04/08/1992
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
11026840604/08/199217610Sheriff And Goslin Roofing

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on about April 4, 1992, Employees #1 and #2 were working on a ladder jack scaffold platform approximately 26 ft high by 29 ft long by 12 in. wide. Six to seven bundles of roofing shingles had been loaded onto the scaffold. The employees were preparing to set the bundles on a barn roof when the center wood ladder's side rails broke a couple of feet above the overlap. Employees #1 and #2 fell to the ground and received injuries that required their hospitalization.

Keywords: RAIL, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 110268406 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported
2 110268406 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported

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