Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14543011 - Three employees injured in scaffold collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 14543011 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 04/04/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100369909	04/04/1986	1741	0	Watson & Jones Masonry

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3 and nine coworkers were laying blocks from on a 13 ft high scaffold. The scaffold was placed on a hollow concrete block, 1/4 in. thick plywood, and other materials for mudsills. A cube of 4 in. face blocks was placed on the scaffold. Many areas on the scaffold were missing cross braces. The scaffold collapsed, injuring Employees #1through #3. All three sustained back injuries, and Employee #1 suffered a crushed foot. The coworkers escaped injury by climbing the wall onto the roof as the scaffold collapsed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, BACK, CRUSHED, FALL, BRACING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FOOT, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100369909	Hospitalized injury	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons
2	100369909	Hospitalized injury	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons
3	100369909	Hospitalized injury	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices

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