Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14566541 - Three employees injured when scaffold tower falls

Accident Summary Nr: 14566541 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 07/10/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14604565	07/10/1985	1531	0	Arena & Sons Contractors Inc

Abstract: At approximately 6:45 a.m. on July 10, 1985, Employees #1 through #3 were applying and finishing stucco on the east exterior wall of apartment building F of the La Villa Estrella construction site in Phoenix, AZ. They were working from a 16 ft high tubular welded frame scaffold when the tower collapsed and all three workers fell. Employee #1 suffered a compound fracture of his left tibia and a compression fracture of his L-1 vertebra; Employee #2 suffered a hairline fracture of his upper right arm; and Employee #3 sustained multiple contusions and abrasions over his face and body.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ARM, FACE, VERTEBRA, CONTUSION, LEG, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14604565	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	14604565	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; painters, paperhangers and plasterers
3	14604565	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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