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Accident Summary Nr: 851063 - TWO EMPLOYEES FELL FROM SCAFFOLD WHEN PLANK BROKE

Accident Summary Nr: 851063 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 02/16/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100110964	02/17/1987	1522	0	J & B Improvement Co.

Abstract: THE EMPLOYEES WERE RE-ROOFING A 2 STORY, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE WORKING AT A HEIGHT OF 15 FEET ON A LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE STANDING ON A SINGLE 2 BY 10 INCH PINE PLANK, SPANNING A DISTANCE OF 10 1/2 FEET. THE PLANK BROKE AT THE CENTER, CAUSING THE 2 EMPLOYEES TO FALL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL HEAD FIRST AND DIED OF MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. THE COUNTY CORONOR FELT THAT HE DIED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS SIDE, BRUISING HIS HIP AND SPRAINING HIS LEG. THE CASUAL FACTORS OF THIS EVENT WERE; AN INFERIOR GRADE OF LUMBER WAS USED AS A SCAFFOLD PLANK AND THE PLANK WAS USED TO SPAN TOO GREAT A DISTANCE WITH 2 EMPLOYEES ABOARD. NO PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS USED.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD, FALL, HIP, SPRAIN, LEG, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100110964			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	100110964			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported

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