Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170381313 - Two employees injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170381313 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 04/21/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125488718	04/21/1998	1742	0	Miracle Maintenance

Abstract: At approximately 11:45 a.m. on April 21, 1998, Employees #1 and #2, of Miracle Maintenance, were on a tube and couple scaffold, doing exterior work on a building in San Francisco. The scaffold was between 15 and 20 ft above the ground, but the work required them to be higher, so they were told to take two 6 ft stepladders to the top of the scaffold. Shortly after this, the scaffold collapsed and Employees #1 and #2 both fell to the ground. Both sustained multiple fractures and were admitted at San Francisco General Hospital.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, STEPLADDER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	6	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125488718			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	125488718			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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