Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 998492 - Employee's ankles fractured in fall from collapsing scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 998492 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 10/28/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104553227	10/28/1987	1741	0	Burg-Miller Tuckpointing, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, who was acid washing brick from a suspended scaffold, noticed a lower block hook that was either cinched or twisted in the bridle eye. He crawled over the parapet wall 50 ft above the ground without snapping his grabber and lanyard to his safety belt. He attempted to kick the hook into position but it twisted out, causing the left side of the scaffold to let go. Employee #1, who was wearing wet cloth gloves, attempted to hold onto the hoisting rope, but he slipped and fell 50 ft. He fractured both ankles and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, LANYARD, TIE-OFF, ANKLE, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104553227			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons

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