Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 674499 - Employee killed in scaffold collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 674499 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 03/03/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105447015	03/03/1987	1791	0	Quantum Constructors Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was approximately 200 feet (18 stories) above the ground on a 24 ft long R.D. Werner bracket scaffold, model 3224, installing siding. The scaffold collapsed and Employee #1 fell. He sustained multiple injuries and was killed. The scaffold bracket which broke and all other brackets used with this system were made without engineering plans and were improperly welded. The scaffold boards were not belted to the brackets. The safety line (rope) was in poor condition and was not a wire rope, which it should have been because the rope is exposed to potential abrasion.

Keywords: LIFELINE, INADEQUATE MAINT, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105447015			Fatality	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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