Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 821801 - Employee injured in fall from uneven scaffold platform

Accident Summary Nr: 821801 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 04/22/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18863894	05/27/1987	1761	0	Rocky'S Roofing & Siding, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working from a pump jack scaffold hanging vinyl aluminum siding on the rear of a house. He had raised the pump jack plank to 12 ft. Once the scaffold platform had been raised, a 2 in. by 12 in. by 10 ft plank that reached from the end of the scaffold to the existing roof became uneven. Employee #1 fell from the platform, sustaining bruises and four broken ribs. Employee #1 had been roofing and hanging siding for over 11 years.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, RIB, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18863894			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers

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