Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170070270 - Employee injured in fall from collapsing scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170070270 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 09/09/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104454509	09/09/1992	1751	0	Jerry Wilson T/A Jerry L. Wilson Builders

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing vinyl siding on a house from a wooden plank elevated 8 ft above ground by two 8 ft fiberglass stepladders positioned at the ends of the plank. Employee #1 was trying to reach an area higher than the scaffold would permit. This caused one of the ladders to kick out and the scaffold to collapse. Employee #1 fell 8 ft to the ground and he suffered a compound fracture to his left leg. A ladder jack scaffold was at the site and available for use; however, it was never used. This scaffold would have enabled Employee #1 to reach the higher area.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, STEPLADDER, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104454509			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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