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Accident Summary Nr: 201680840 - Employee dislocates fingers when scaffolding collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201680840 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 04/09/2002
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30370102304/17/200217610Clarion Company Incorporated

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing roofing shingles. The general contractor erected a scaffold and had changed its design. The scaffold was of welded tube type and was straddled across a concrete balcony on its end frames. The height from the scaffold platform to the ground was approximately 28 ft. There was a ladder from the platform to the roof to allow access. Employee #1 was on his way up the ladder with more shingles when the scaffold fell backwards away from the building. Employee #1 was hospitalized with dislocated fingers.

Keywords: ROOF, FINGER, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, DISLOCATED, ROOFER, FALL, SCAFFOLD
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Other building New project or new addition $250,000 to $500,000 3 20

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 303701023 Hospitalized injury Dislocation Roofers

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