Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200775344 - Employee Is Injured in Scaffold Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 200775344 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 07/08/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312331150	07/08/2008	1741	238140	F & A Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was attempting to load unused block onto a tubular welded frame section of scaffold, to be removed. This caused the scaffold to become overloaded and collapse. Employee #1 fell to the ground and struck some block which was staged to be used. Employee #1 suffered multiple unspecified laceration injuries and was hospitalized.

Keywords: OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, LACERATION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312331150			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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