Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 656116 - Two employees injured in fall when scaffold support fails

Accident Summary Nr: 656116 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 08/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113546121	08/12/1999	1751	0	Dkg Construction Co.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2, ages 16 and 22, respectively, were working from a carpenter's bracket scaffold that had a 2 by 4 center support bracket. The lumber bracket failed and both workers fell 17 ft onto a dumpster. Employee #1 was hospitalized; Employee #2 was treated and released.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, BRACING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113546121			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	113546121			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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