Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110268406	04/08/1992	1761	0	Sheriff 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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