Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 741595 - Two employees injured in scaffold collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 741595 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 07/27/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104467659	08/15/1992	1521	0	Mountain View Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were on a pump jack scaffold installing siding to the rear of a house. The work platform was a 32 ft by 14 in. aluminum pic. Poles had been fabricated from 2 in. by 4 in. by 36 ft long lumber. Both employees were at the north end of the platform installing a piece of siding and pushing against the house when the northern pole failed. Employees #1 and #2 fell 98 ft to the ground. The pole was not braced at the bottom; the only brace was at the top. One employee suffered a fractured vertebra and the other suffered a broken ankle. The employer was a small home improvement contractor with no formal safety program and little knowledge of scaffolding requirements.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, BRACING, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104467659			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, guards
2	104467659			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, guards

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