Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202076915 - Two Employees Sustain Fractures When Scaffold Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 202076915 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 11/04/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309535904	11/04/2005	1741	238140	Whitley Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: On November 4, 2005, Employees #1 and #2 were working as masons. They were lowering two platforms on two sections of a Morgen Labor-Less tower scaffold. Keeping the guardrails installed, they lowered one of the platforms approximately 2 to 3 feet lower than the other platform. As they lowered the platform, the rails pulled the scaffold section next to the one from which they were working. When the first section became displaced, the second section also collapsed. Employees #1 and #2 jumped from the scaffold platform, which was approximately 12 feet above the ground. Employee #1 sustained a fracture to the right ankle and a shattered right heel. Employee #2 sustained a broken left arm. Both employees were hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, ARM, WORK SURFACE, ANKLE, FOOT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	23

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309535904			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	309535904			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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