Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170871388 - Employee Breaks Ankle in Scaffold Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 170871388 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 11/01/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125790279	11/07/2001	1521	0	Gates Development

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on November 1, 2001, two employees were applying moisture barrier paper on the exterior walls of a house in Tahoe City, California. The 2 feet 12 inch by 16 feet long plank was not secured at either end; a single center support pole was nailed to the underneath side of the plank. When both employees started working on the same end, the opposite end lifted up and the scaffold twisted and fell away from the building, dropping both employees a distance of 9 feet, 6 inches to the ground. Only Employee #1 was injured. First aid was provided, and Employee #1 was transported to Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee, California, where he was treated for a broken ankle.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, ANKLE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125790279			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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