Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201751120 - Scaffold collapses and one employee killed and one injured

Accident Summary Nr: 201751120 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 05/29/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306224239	05/29/2003	1741	238140	Tri-Star Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was below a scaffold when high winds blew seven courses of blocks onto the scaffold. The scaffold collapsed and fell onto Employee #1, killing him. Employee #2 was also struck by a falling object resulting in two fractured legs.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGH WIND, COLLAPSE, BLOCKS, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306224239			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
2	306224239			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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