Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170245260 - Employees hospitalized after fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170245260 -- Report ID: 1055310 -- Event Date: 12/20/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111354825	12/23/1991	1521	0	Roger G Young Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were working on a 25 ft high carpenter's bracket scaffold. A bracket was secured to a concrete wall by a single 3/4 in. Red Head Trubolt fully-threaded wedge. The bolt broke inside the concrete wall, while both employees were standing on the scaffold planks that were being supported by that bracket. When the bolt broke, the bracket, planks, and the two employees fell to the ground. Employees #1 and #2 suffered injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PLANK, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, BOLT, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111354825			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	111354825			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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