Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201857729 - Three Employees's Injured in Scaffold Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 201857729 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 07/07/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308980366	07/13/2005	1751	238130	Hisoire Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: On July 7, 2005, Employees #1, #2, and #3 were working on a pump jack scaffold. It did not have the intermediate brace, and was missing the mud sills. This caused the scaffold to sway and break the post. Employee #1 and #2 received fractured backs and Employee #3 received lacerations to his head. All three employees were hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, COLLAPSE, SCAFFOLD BEARER, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, BACK, LACERATION, FALL, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308980366	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	308980366	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
3	308980366	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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