Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200960714 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200960714 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 01/31/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127375863	02/03/1997	1751	0	C L Pohland Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker had been instructed by their foreman to install Typar and hurricane straps on the north side of a house. They erected a ladder jack scaffold, and began working from its walk board at a height of 8 ft. Employee #1 knelt down at the end of the board and was attempting to pull the ladder back away from the house so that he could reach the Typar, which was between 1 and 2 ft below the ladder. When Employee #1 pulled on the ladder, he caused it to fall backward and collapse. Employee #1 fell straight down, suffering a sprained right wrist and bruised ribs.

Keywords: INSTALLING, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD, FALL, SPRAIN, SCAFFOLD, WRIST

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127375863			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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