Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170394027 - Two employees injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170394027 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 07/09/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102912656	07/09/1991	1741	0	Lancet Arch, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on July 8, 1991, Employees #1 and #2 were installing precast concrete band pieces on a building. They were approximately 25 ft above the ground, working from an out-rigging side bracket scaffold. An approximately 150 lb, 8 in. by 8 in. piece of the concrete band fell onto the scaffold. As Employees #1 and #2 walked over to pick it up, the scaffolding collapsed, causing them to fall. Employee #1 suffered a broken left leg and was hospitalized. Employee #2 sustained head lacerations that required stitches; he was treated at the hospital and then released.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, LACERATION, FALL, CONCRETE, LEG, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102912656			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	102912656			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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