Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 901942 - Employees Falls from Makeshift Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 901942 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 12/09/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308425958	12/09/2004	1751	238350	Wook J. Kwon

Abstract: At approximately 12:18 p.m. on December 9, 2004, three employees of Wook J. Kwon Carpentry were performing exterior carpentry operations on a three-story townhouse, 23 feet above ground. They had constructed a makeshift wood scaffold that consisted of two pieces of plywood measuring 8-ft long by 18-in. wide. They nailed two 2-in. by 4-in. pieces of lumber to the sides of the window opening. They placed a metal ladder on the 2-in. by 4-in. lumber and one end of the ladder on a Ladder Jack Scaffold bracket. They then placed the plywood over the horizontally positioned ladder. The three employees were standing on the platform when it collapsed. The employees were transported to the local hospital with fractures and other serious injuries, where Employee #1 and Employee #2 were admitted overnight.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CARPENTER, BACK, ABRASION, FALL, WORK SURFACE, ANKLE, CONTUSION, FOOT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308425958			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 23 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	308425958			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 23 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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