Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201141686 - Two employees injured when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201141686 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/08/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300848033	08/08/2000	1761	0	Custom Metal Fabricators

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were on a scaffold installing sheet metal fascia when the scaffold began to pull away from the structure. The scaffold did not totally collapse, but the two workers fell between 20 and 24 ft onto some plywood decking. Employee #1 suffered a broken back, and Employee #2 sustained substantial internal injuries that required five weeks of hospitalization. The scaffold ties on the end frame had been inadvertently cut by a dismantling crew, which caused the scaffold to peel away from the building structure.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, BACK, FALL, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300848033			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sheet metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	300848033			Hospitalized injury	Other	Sheet metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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