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Accident Summary Nr: 14552822 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED

Accident Summary Nr: 14552822 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 12/31/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17878711	12/31/1990	1799	0	Burke Scaffolding Co.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17878695	12/31/1990	1799	0	Consolidated Edison Of New York Inc.

Abstract: A KWIKSTAGE MODULAR FRAME SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM WAS ERECTED BY THE BURKE SCAFFOLDING COMPANY OF CARLSTADT, NEW JERSEY INSIDE BOILER #30 AT A CON EDISON OF NEW YORK POWER PLANT. THE SCAFFOLDING WAS COMPOSED OF 2 INCH METAL POLE UPRIGHTS FASTENED TO THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS BY INSERTING FIXED WEDGES OF THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS INTO THE "V" PRESSINGS ON THE UPRIGHTS. THESE INTERLOCKING COMPONENTS FORMED BAYS WHICH WERE ABOUT 8 FEET LONG, 6 FEET 6 INCHES HIGH AND 4 FEET AND 8 FEET IN WIDTH. THE SCAFFOLD, TIERED TO ABOUT 100 FEET, HAD A "DANCE FLOOR" ERECTED THEREON. FIVE ADDITIONAL 45 FOOT FREESTANDING TOWERS WERE ALSO ERECTED. EACH TOWER OF KWIKSTAGE SCAFFOLD WAS 8 FEET LONG, 6 FEET 6 INCHES HIGH AND 4 FEET WIDE AND HAD 11 TIERED BAYS. MORE THAN 9 EMPLOYEES WERE RENOVATING BOILER TUBING WHEN THE SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED. FIVE EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH INJURIES.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17878711			Occupation Not Listed
2	17878695	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
3	17878695	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
4	17878695	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
5	17878695	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
6	17878695	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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