Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201632403 - Two employees injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201632403 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 11/28/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304948441	12/04/2001	1751	0	Northwest Panel Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304948458	12/05/2001	7363	0	Alpha Services Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on November 28, 2001, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were applying shingles to the side of a residential home at an approximate height of 20 ft 8 in. Employee #1 placed his equipment on the scaffold deck, turned and grabbed a mid-rail. The mid-rail was unfastened, thus Employee #1, holding onto it, fell from the scaffold and then to the ground. He sustained fractures to his sacrum, pelvis, five ribs, and finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized. At the time of accident, Employee #2 also fell from the scaffold and sustained fractures. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: UNSECURED, RIB, MIDRAIL, FRACTURE, RAIL, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304948441			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	304948458			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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