Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170079545 - Two employees injured in fall with work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 170079545 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 08/05/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302914973	08/05/1999	1522	0	B & R Development Co Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302916515	08/05/1999	1521	0	Dally Homes Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were installing drywall on the exterior of a condominium under construction. They were on a work platform supported by a rough-terrain forklift when the platform became dislodged from the forklift and fell 18 ft to the ground. Employees #1 and #2 fell with the platform and suffered numerous fractured bones.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302914973			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	302916515			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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