Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202365946 - Employees Are Injured in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202365946 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 06/01/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310053582	06/01/2006	1629	237990	Arm Construction

Abstract: On June 1, 2006, Employees #1 and #2 coworker were on a job-made scaffold at a bridge construction roadway site. The scaffold consisted of several 4-in. by 4-in. cross members, spaced on 4 ft centers, that supported a 4 ft sheet of 0.75-in. plywood. This assembly was perched on the lower flange areas of two concrete girders that would eventually support a bridge overpass. When the scaffold collapsed, both workers fell 30 ft. They were hospitalized at Harbor view Hospital for fractures and other injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, LUMBER, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Other		Under $50,000		20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310053582			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	310053582			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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