Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201055936 - Employee Injured In Fall From Collapsing Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201055936 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 08/07/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300777695	08/07/2001	1521	0	Bomel Construction

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on August 7, 2001, Employee #1, a carpenter, was installing a panel form system. Employee #1 was jumping panel forms to the next level up. When the crane positioned the panel in place, Employee #1 stepped onto the bracket scaffold, attached to the panel form with nails and brackets, in an attempt to attach his lanyard to the retractable line that was also attached to the crane. As soon as Employee #1 stepped onto the bracket scaffold it gave way and he fell approximately 22 ft to the ground. The bracket scaffold also fell. Employee #1 sustained fractured heels and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, CRANE, FOOT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300777695			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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