Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202357729 - Employee Dies after Scaffolding Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 202357729 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 06/07/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308738558	06/08/2005	1741	238140	Genco Masonry

Abstract: On June 7, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker were operating a Fraco mast-climbing work platform. They were moving the work platform down, and they had to adjust the outriggers so the scaffold could be lowered without striking the iron on the building. The coworker climbed from the platform into the building, while Employee #1 remained on the platform. The outrigger had become stuck, and its plunge bars would not adjust in or out. Employee #1 removed a cotter pin from a plunge bar to make it easier to adjust. By doing so, he caused the plunge bar and platform boards he was standing on to collapse. He fell approximately 32 feet to a concrete loading dock and sustained multiple injuries. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, COTTER PIN, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308738558			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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