Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202328670 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 202328670 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 09/27/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305563405	09/27/2002	1799	562910	Industrial Power Solutions, Inc.

Abstract: On September 27, 2002, Employee #1 was part of a scaffold erection team that was dismantling a platform and reerecting it at a lower level of the stationary scaffold system. Employee #1 was moving materials while walking on the scaffold platform when the planking shifted. The scaffold was using 22-ft trusses to support the platforms. Subsequent investigation revealed that the foreman and the crew did not follow the procedures recommended by the scaffold system engineers in that the truss system was not fully supported and secured. Employee #1 fell approximately 23 ft through the planking onto a concrete surface. The scaffold components then landed on top of him. Employee #1 sustained fractured vertebrae, fractures to one foot, and head lacerations. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he underwent surgery to repair both fractures. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, WALKING ON PLANK, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, VERTEBRA, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305563405			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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