Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201187184 - Two Employees Are Injured in Scaffold Tower Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 201187184 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 02/20/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317176766	02/20/2014	1542	236220	Webcor Construction Lp Dba Webcor Builders

Abstract: At approximately 2:20 p.m. on February 20, 2014, Employees #1 and #2, both carpenters, were working at a construction site and from within a falsework tower. They disconnected the web slings that were attached to the tower. As a crane operator retracted the spreader bar and chain rigging, a section of the crane rigging struck and lifted up the left side of the tower. This movement caused the free standing falsework scaffold tower to fall with two employees still attached to their fall arrest system. Both employees sustained serious and unspecified injuries and were taken to a general hospital, where they were admitted and treated.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, CARPENTER, STRUCK BY, TOWER, CRANE, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317176766			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 36 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	317176766			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 36 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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