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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30213306105/13/199917610Timothy 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 Age Sex 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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