Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202023461 - One Employee Killed, One Injured When Scaffold Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 202023461 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 08/06/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306696568	08/06/2004	1799	238990	Misivike Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: On August 6, 2004, Employees #1 and #2, construction laborers, were erecting a tubular scaffold when the section on which they were standing collapsed, causing them to fall over 50 feet to the ground, killing Employee #1 and seriously injuring Employee #2.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306696568			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	306696568			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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