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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 99409.015 - Employee Dismantling Scaffold Falls And Incurs Fractures And

**Accident: 99409.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 09/25/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1267354.015	10/02/2017		Safway Services, Llc

At 2:30 p.m. on September 25, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a scaffolding compa ny, was dismantling a scaffold at a multiemployer construction project. As he u nhooked his fall protection lanyard, the two 7-foot long steel scaffold planks h e was standing on separated, and Employee #1 fell through the opening to the con crete floor, a fall height of 20 feet. Emergency services were called, and Empl oyee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fractu res of his left collarbone and left arm and a collapsed lung.

Keywords: arm, collarbone, construction, dismantling, fall, fracture, lanyard, lung, plank, scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			0	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1267354.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		FallDist: 20 FallHt:40 Cause: FatCause:

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