Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 700674 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold boards give way

Accident Summary Nr: 700674 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 04/19/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103274130	04/20/1999	1741	0	Masonry Management, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was walking on scaffold boards that were on the inside pick of a tubular welded-frame scaffold, located between the main scaffold and a previously erected block wall. The scaffold boards gave out from under him and he fell 15 ft to the ground. Employee #1 sustained injuries that required hospitalization. The accident was the result of a missing scaffold bracket.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, BRACING, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	103274130			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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