Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200090223 - Three employees injured when scaffold section collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200090223 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 03/23/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302668173	03/23/2000	1742	0	H. Carr & Sons Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302668579	03/23/2000	1742	0	Ayla Corp

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3 were working from a scaffold when the section they were on collapsed and they fell. Employees #1 and #2 sustained multiple fractures and were hospitalized. Employee #3 sustained multiple contusions, for which he was treated and released.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK SURFACE, CONTUSION, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302668173	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	302668173	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
3	302668579	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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