Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170886832 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170886832 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 02/24/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125578963	03/18/1997	1742	0	K & C Drywall, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a rolling scaffold, taping with a Bazooka. As he was descending from the top ledger, both leg bracings apparently gave way and the scaffold collapsed. Employee #1 fell between 4 and 5 ft onto the concrete ground. At the time of the accident inspection, the equipment had been discarded as scrap.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, BRACING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125578963			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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