Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202074381 - Five Employees Injured In Scaffold Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 202074381 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 10/15/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125314229	10/16/1998	1741	0	N & B Masonry Inc

Abstract: Employees #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5 were working on a 16-ft pump jack scaffold when the middle pole of the scaffold started to move away from the house under construction. This movement caused an end pole to come loose from its braces that caused the scaffold to fall backwards and the employees to fall to the ground. Employees #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5 were treated at the hospital and released with the most serious injury being a broken leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125314229	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	125314229	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
3	125314229	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
4	125314229	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
5	125314229	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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