Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200410355 - Employee injured in fall from collapsing scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200410355 -- Report ID: 0317300 -- Event Date: 04/04/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300308095	04/14/2000	1521	0	Blue Hen Builders

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a ladder jack scaffold when the ladders slid inward and the scaffold plank fell. He fell with the plank, fracturing his right ankle. The scaffold had been positioned poorly when erected.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD, FALL, WORK SURFACE, ANKLE, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300308095			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Interior tile work (ceramic, vinyl, acoustic) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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