Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201185139 - Employees get injured from falsework collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 201185139 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 08/12/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312687379	08/12/2009	1611	237310	C. C. Myers, Inc.

Abstract: On August 12th, 2009, a catastrophe involving three employees of CC Myers, Inc. occurred. The accident involved an approximately 10 by 10 by 45 ft. (w x w x h) temporary steel falsework tower. The tower fell over during welding operations conducted from an aerial device. Welders were installing crossbracing between legs on the remaining two sides of the tower. Employee #1 and Employee #2, both welders, were in the basket of the aerial device in between and very close to the legs of the false work. Contact was made between the basket and the legs of the tower. The tower tipped over, bringing the aerial device basket with the two employees down with it. One of the beams on top of the tower struck a ladder just below the user (Employee #3 ) of the ladder, and Employee #3 fell 10 to 12 feet. All three employees were injured (two in the basket, one on the ladder). They were all taken to San Francisco General Hospital. None of the three were kept for inpatient hospitalization for greater than 24 hours. Employee #1 suffered lacerations; Employee #2 suffered more serious injuries, including a fractured back and broken ribs. Employee #3 suffered a laceration on his arm requiring 13 stitches.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, LADDER, WELDING, BACK, LACERATION, RIB, ARM, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over		45

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312687379			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over of non-operator by operating cons

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