Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 828277 - One employee killed, another injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 828277 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/07/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115053514	12/09/1992	1751	0	Chad Lloyd Construction

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were putting siding onto a new house. They were approximately 20 ft high on a pump jack scaffold. As Employee #1 was raising the scaffold, one of the 2 by 4s used for poles broke. Employees #1 and #2 fell approximately 20 ft to the ground. Employee #1 died of head and internal injuries at the hospital. Employee #2 sustained a strain or sprain and torn ligaments to his leg. The 2 by 4 that broke had knots and cross graining in it. Failure of the wood pole caused the accident.

Keywords: HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, SPRAIN, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115053514			Fatality	Concussion	Carpenters
2	115053514			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Carpenters

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