Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201093986 - Three employees injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201093986 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 06/13/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126146976	06/14/2000	1742	0	Air Systems

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3 were working from a scaffold when the plank on which they were standing snapped and they fell 24 ft onto a dirt surface. All three sustained multiple lacerations and were transported to the Emergency Room, where they were treated and released. The plank on which they were standing was in poor condition.

Keywords: INADEQUATE MAINT, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PLANK, LACERATION, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126146976	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers
2	126146976	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers
3	126146976	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers

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