Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170888820 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold structure fails

Accident Summary Nr: 170888820 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/20/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125584169	04/28/1998	1751	0	Overland Construction Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing backing in the high-ceilinged living room of a single-family home under construction. He erected a borrowed steel-framed tower scaffold, placing one plank on the top level to create a 10 ft 8 in. high platform. Employee #1 then placed a 5 ft fiberglass stepladder on the plank and leaned it against the wall. Employee #1 was climbing the ladder when the scaffold shifted and he and the ladder fell between 12 and 13 ft onto the concrete floor. He was knocked unconscious and sustained a concussion, facial lacerations, and a bruised right arm; he was hospitalized for two days. The accident was caused by the failure of the scaffold's plank and rail platform, and by leaning he ladder against the wall to climb it.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, STEPLADDER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, CONCUSSION, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125584169			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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