Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 655860 - Two carpenters injured in fall when scaffold pole fails

Accident Summary Nr: 655860 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 04/07/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122121536	04/16/1998	1751	0	Concientious Carpentry

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2, both carpenters, were working from a 20 ft high pump jack scaffold. A spliced vertical wooden pole failed and they fell. Employees #1 and #2 sustained serious injuries, for which they were hospitalized.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122121536			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	122121536			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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