Accident Report Detail

Accident: 170710024 - Employee Injured When Unapproved Scaffold Collapses

**Accident: 170710024 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 10/13/1993**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
113216105	10/13/1993	1741	W S Construction

Employees erected a scaffold with unapproved materials. The unapproved planks were overloaded and the scaffold collapsed, dropping the employees to the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: work rules, overloaded, construction, plank, scaffold collapse, fall, scaffold

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	113216105			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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