Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 656215 - Two Employees Injured in Fall From Scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 656215 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 02/22/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113546188	02/22/2001	1751	0	Paul O'Riordan, Dba O'Riordan Construction

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were working from carpenter bracket scaffolding, installing a metal drip edge 19 feet above ground level. The lower support of the metal bracket punched through the 0.375 inch plywood sheeting, causing both employees to fall to the frozen ground. Employees #1 and #2 sustained fractures to their backs and were hospitalized.

Keywords: FALL, 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	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113546188			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	113546188			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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