Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200021319 - Three employees injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200021319 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 05/11/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302133061	05/13/1999	1761	0	Timothy Horan

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3 were on a pump jack scaffold, replacing a roof, when one of the scaffold support poles broke in two. The scaffold collapsed, and all three workers fell approximately 20 ft to the ground. Employees #1 through #3 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: SUPPORT POSTS, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, ROOFER, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302133061	Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	302133061	Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
3	302133061	Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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