Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201096070 - Employees injured when scaffolding collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201096070 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 11/04/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126183847	11/18/2002	1521	0	B.C.I.Framing Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:35 p.m. on November 4, 2002, Employees #1 and #2 were installing drywall at a residential construction site when their scaffold collapsed. Employee #1 suffered a contusion and multiple abrasions and was treated at a hospital and released. Employee #2 suffered multiple abrasions.

Keywords: INSTALLING, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, ABRASION, FALL, CONTUSION, 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		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126183847			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	126183847			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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