Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170731467 - Two employees injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170731467 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 07/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120260047	07/13/1999	1542	0	Natural Building Maintenance Corp.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on July 12, 1999, Employees #1 and #2 were on a roofing scaffold, nailing plywood to the exterior walls of a kitchen building under construction at the Whittier School campus. The scaffold collapsed and the workers fell 11 ft from their work platform to the ground. Employees #1 and #2 both sustained multiple bruises and they were airlifted to Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital, where they were treated and held for observation. Subsequent investigation found that the work platform did not have adequate guardrails and the scaffold had been erected on a sloping surface that varied between 5 and 7 degrees, as measure by a slope meter. Employees #1 and #2 could not be contacted for interviews.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SLOPE, CONTUSION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120260047			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	120260047			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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