Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200800381 - Two employees injured when bracket scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200800381 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 10/10/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303860027	10/12/2000	1761	0	Quality Construction

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were on a carpenter's bracket scaffold, working at the edge of a barn roof. The middle bracket of the scaffold failed and both workers fell. Employee #1 was not wearing any fall protection and suffered a fractured hip. Employee #2 was using his personal fall arrest system, but it was not rigged properly. As a result, the brake did not work and he became entangled in the rope, suffering multiple fractures to his arm. The middle bracket, which supported overlapped scaffold platforms, failed when the thin planks to which it was bolted broke free from the barn structure. The scaffold collapsed due to poor anchoring.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRACING, HIP, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303860027			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	303860027			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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