Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200051068 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold platform

Accident Summary Nr: 200051068 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 08/17/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300059623	08/17/2000	1542	0	Lund-Ross Constructors, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300059631	08/17/2000	1743	0	Merrimack Stone Industries

Abstract: Employee #1 was carrying pieces of granite stone across a scaffold platform at the site of a Mormon church under construction. He was stepping on the end of the platform when the scaffold picks tipped and he fell 27 ft through the scaffold framing to the ground. Employee #1 sustained head lacerations, a ruptured spleen, cracked and fractured ribs, and multiple contusions. The end of the scaffold platform was not equipped with a guardrail and the pick boards extended past the end supports of the scaffold frame. The subcontractor that employed Employee #1 had been warned by the general contractor about scaffolding issues prior to the accident. These warnings came in the form of onsite meetings between the subcontractor and the general contractor's safety director, written letters to the subcontractor's company headquarters, and numerous discussions regarding the unsafe scaffolding conditions.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, GUARDRAIL, SPLEEN, CONSTRUCTION, RUPTURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300059623					Occupation Not Listed	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
2	300059631			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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