Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200150910 - Employees Are Injured When Scaffold Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200150910 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 10/20/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307629253	10/20/2004	1741	238140	Rustic Masonry Corp.

Abstract: Employee's #1, #2, and #3 were working on a fabricated frame scaffold and Employee #4 was underneath it. The scaffold collapsed and pinned Employee #4 working on the ground under it. All four employees were hospitalized with bruises, contusions and abrasions.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, PINNED, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, ABRASION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307629253	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	307629253	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
3	307629253	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
4	307629253	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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