Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 800516 - Two employees injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 800516 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 10/05/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301759197	11/04/1998	1742	0	Gibson Plastering Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2, both plasterers, were working from an approximately 50 ft high, 5 ft long by 7 ft wide single-tower, fabricated frame scaffold. Before finishing for the day, they removed two braces at the bottom to use elsewhere. The following morning they walked up the stairs in the interior of the building and climbed out a window onto the scaffold. The scaffold collapsed with Employees #1 and #2 on it; both workers sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, BRACE, FALL, BRACING, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	60

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301759197			Hospitalized injury	Other	Plasterers
2	301759197			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Plasterers

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