Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202014171 - Three Employees Are Injured in Fall from Suspended Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202014171 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 07/09/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307666586	07/12/2005	1741	238140	Jasco General Contracting, Inc

Abstract: Employees #1, #2, and #3 were working from a suspended scaffold when it collapsed. The employees fell to the ground and suffered fractures that required hospitalization. Further investigation revealed that none of the employees were wearing a personal fall arrest system at the time of the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307666586	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof
2	307666586	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof
3	307666586	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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