Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170570535 - Three employees injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170570535 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/26/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126495449	06/27/1996	1741	0	Mcgee Brothers Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3 were on an approximately 18 foot high pump jack scaffold. One of the uprights broke and the scaffold collapsed. Employees #1 through #3 fell to the ground; all three sustained injuries that required hospitalization. The total weight on the scaffold, including the employees and the materials, was 680 lb.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126495449	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons
2	126495449	Hospitalized injury	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons
3	126495449	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices

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