Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171056120 - Two employees injured in fall with slip-form scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 171056120 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 03/16/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126785104	03/16/1998	1541	0	Herm Hughes & Sons Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were on a suspended, slip-form scaffold in preparation for removing it. They had been instructed in the proper rigging of a sling that would support the scaffold but decided to use a short cut. Their method caused the support brackets to fail, and both workers fell with the scaffold to the ground. Employee #1 sustained facial lacerations, for which he was treated and released. Employee #2 sustained back injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, BACK, LACERATION, FALL, BRACING, SCAFFOLD RIGGING, FACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126785104			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Pouring concrete for piers, and pylons Fatality Cause: Fall from roof
2	126785104			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Pouring concrete for piers, and pylons Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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