Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201090255 - Employee injured when scaffold platform fails

Accident Summary Nr: 201090255 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 09/30/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126206481	10/08/1996	1751	0	Brook Muller

Abstract: On September 30, 1996, Employee # 1 and several coworkers were framing a house. He was working from a hand-built scaffold located above the second-story ceiling. The 2 in. by 8 in. by 10 ft single-panel work platform was approximately 16 ft above the second-story floor. Employee #1 and his supervisor were nailing double "rim boards" when the scaffold platform broke. Employee # 1 fell, landed on the second-story ceiling joists, and then fell forward to the second-story floor. He sustained a broken pelvic bone and a head laceration. The supervisor also fell, but was not injured.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PELVIS, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126206481			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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