Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201983608 - Employees fracture their ankles when scaffolding collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201983608 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 03/06/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305282733	03/11/2002	1751	0	Tradewood Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and Employee #2, carpenters, were installing a soffit while standing on a custom- made wooden scaffold 8 ft high. They both fell when pressure was applied to the soffit. Both Employees received fractures to their ankles and foot and were hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, ANKLE, FOOT, 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		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305282733			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	305282733			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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