Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202079034 - Employee injured in fall with overloaded scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202079034 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 10/17/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311596142	10/17/2007	1741	238140	Angel Leonard Romo Pedroza Dba Angel Leonard Romo

Abstract: Approximately 5:00 p.m. on October 17, 2007, Employee #1, a laborer for a masonry subcontractor, was moving mortar from the platform of a forklift to supply masons as they bricked a 2-story residence. The masons were on a tubular welded-frame scaffold and had bricked one-third of a chimney on a pitched roof. Employee #1 stepped out of the cage of the forklift onto the scaffold to bring the masons additional bricks. When he did this, the scaffold became overloaded and collapsed. Employee #1 fell 18 ft onto broken bricks, mortar, tools and scaffold lumber. Emergency Services was called and, after cutting his harness off his body, transported him to the Carolinas Medical Center; after approximately 24 hours, he was reported to be in stable condition. The cause of the accident was Employee #1 unhooking his personal fall arrest from the cage attached to the forklift, to supply the masons with additional bricks.

Keywords: OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

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	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311596142			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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