Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170182752 - EMPLOYEE FALLS AS SCAFFOLD COLLAPSES

Accident Summary Nr: 170182752 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/07/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112202932	09/18/1990	1742	0	A & R Construction

Abstract: AT ABOUT 10:00 A.M. ON AUGUST 7, 1990, EMPLOYEE #1 OF A & E CONSTRUCTION RECEIVED CUTS AND LACERATIONS TO THE NECK AND SHOULDER AFTER THE METAL SCAFFOLD ON WHICH HE WAS STANDING COLLAPSED. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL APPROXIMATELY 7 FEET TO THE DIRT. THIS SCAFFOLD HAD BEEN ERECTED EARLIER BY ANOTHER CONTRACTOR AND WAS FACING THE SOUTH EXTERIOR WALL OF A TWO-STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MASKING THE WINDOWS OF THIS HOUSE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR A FEW HOURS AT SAN DIMAS HOSPITAL, TREATED, AND RELEASED. THE SCAFFOLD AND CONTRACTOR WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE DURING INSPECTION BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR HAD ALREADY COMPLETED HIS WORK AND ABANDONED THE SITE.

Keywords: SHOULDER, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, NECK, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112202932			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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