Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1434959.015 - Banton Scaffold, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Oakland District Office

Investigation Summary

At 9:31 a.m. on August 13, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a scaffold contractor, was working at the site of two new two-story multifamily residential buildings. Both buildings were surrounded by 4-story scaffolding. The General Contractor had removed tie backs and cross bracing from one scaffold in order to install corrugated metal siding. This scaffold was no longer needed. Employee #1 was re-installing cross bracing from the bottom level up, so that the scaffold then could be safely dismantled. The scaffold began to collapse, and the employee fell 15 feet to ground level. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of fractures to the pelvis and lower spine (vertebra).

Keywords: Bracing, Dismantling, Erection Process, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Installing, Pelvis, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Siding, Structural Collapse, Tie Wire, Unstable Position, Vertebra