Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 979526 - Employee injured when scaffold falls

Accident Summary Nr: 979526 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 01/10/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108173378	01/16/1990	1741	0	G & S Masonry, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108173360	01/16/1990	1522	0	Sletten Construction Company

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m., Employee #1, a mason tender employed for four months by G & S Masonry, and a coworker were disassembling a scaffold along the west wall of building J as instructed. The employees had removed the planks from the top of the scaffold, which was approximately 35 ft from the ground, and stacked the planks in four piles along the outer part of the scaffold on side brackets. As Employee #1 turned to pick up a plank, the end section of the scaffold shifted and fell to the ground, injuring him. He was hospitalized with multiple fractures and lacerations.

Keywords: LACERATION, FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALLING OBJECT, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108173378			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers
2	108173360					Occupation Not Listed

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