Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170069496 - Two employees injured in fall from temporary scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170069496 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 10/08/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119517050	10/13/1993	1541	0	Mcshane Mechanical Contractors

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were removing a temporary scaffold from a drying kiln. One employee had burned through an angle iron support when a weld failed on another angle, causing the scaffold to fall 25 feet to a concrete work surface. Both employees fell with the scaffold and suffered multiple injuries.

Keywords: UNSECURED, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119517050			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Not specified mechanics and repairers
2	119517050			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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