Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170069991 - Employee injured as collapsing scaffold lands on him

Accident Summary Nr: 170069991 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 05/03/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119531044	05/03/1994	1741	0	Ashford Concrete And Excavating, Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 and three coworkers were working on a tubular welded-frame scaffold to lay brick veneer on the side of a house. The scaffold was three bucks high, reaching approximately 15 feet 3 inches. The employees stated that the scaffold gave way underneath them. The three coworkers held onto the scaffold and rode it down as it fell. Employee #1 jumped from the scaffold, which fell on top of him. He received cuts, bruises, and abrasions.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, LACERATION, ABRASION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119531044			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices

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