Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202452439 - Employee Is Injured in Scaffold Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 202452439 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 05/04/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307168419	05/12/2006	1771	238110	Conrod Concrete Inc

Abstract: On May 4, 2006, Employee #1, with Conrod Concrete, Inc., was erecting a wooden bracket scaffolding system known in the industry as the "single waler system." As he was placing planks on the platform, a forklift on the ground was feeding him the materials. While Employee #1 was jumping onto the scaffold, one of the bolts supporting a bracket apparently failed and the scaffold collapsed. The bolt was not fully engaged as designed to support the platform. Employee #1 fell approximately 18 ft to a dirt surface. He was hospitalized for an unspecified fracture. The accident was caused by failure to use personal fall protection equipment.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CARPENTER, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BOLT, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4	58

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307168419			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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