Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170574263 - One employee killed, one injured when scaffold board breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 170574263 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 06/26/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109208249	06/26/1998	1771	0	J.S.S. Property Professionals, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were working on a ten-story condominium building from a two-point suspended scaffold. At approximately the eighth floor, they were lowering the scaffold when the north suspension wire rope broke. Employee #1, who was working at the north end of the scaffold and without fall protection equipment, fell approximately eight floors and was killed. Employee #2, who was working at the south end of the scaffold, was using a safety harness, lanyard, and lifeline. He may have held onto his rope in a manner that did not allow it to completely engage on the lifeline, because he slid down his lifeline and suffered serious injuries when he hit the ground.

Keywords: LIFELINE, WORK RULES, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	10		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109208249			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 80 feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	109208249			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 80 feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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