Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201041910 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold platform collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201041910 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 08/06/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307589796	08/06/2004	1741	238140	B A Robinson & Sons Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On August 6, 2004, Employee #1, a brick mason apprentice, and two coworkers were dismantling a Non-Stop Scaffold System. Employee #1 was standing on a stocking platform, located between two braced scaffold towers. He had just prepared the upper section of an adjoining tower to be hoisted by a crane. As the crane lifted the section, the planks he was standing on shifted and fell from their supports. Employee #1 fell from a height of approximately 38 feet to the ground. He sustained fractures and was hospitalized. It was later noted that the employer failed to train the employees who were charged with the erection and disassembly of this scaffold system.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CRANE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307589796			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 38 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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