Inspection Detail

Inspection: 3324506 - Mackenzie Roofing Company

Inspection Information - Office: Va-E-Richmond (Regional Office) - Safety 0355111

Inspection Nr: 3324506

Report ID: 0355111

Date Opened: 05/28/1985

Site Address:
Mackenzie Roofing Company
King Ridge Apartments Granite Hill Circle
Richmond, VA 23225

Mailing Address:
211 W 7th Street, Richmond, VA 23219

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1761

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Unprog Rel

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/17/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/20/1985

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14291348

Event: 05/28/1985

Two employees injured when scaffold fails

Employees #1 and #2, both masons, were on a 6.5-ft tubular welded frame scaffold laying a block wall along the 13.33-ft-high open second floor level of an apartment building complex. When the scaffold was loaded with the employees and their materials, the scaffold's legs on the north side punched through the flooring. The scaffold fell along with the workers and their materials, dislodging the wall that was being built. Employees #1 and #2 sustained fractures in the fall, as well as from being struck by the falling materials. Both were hospitalized. The scaffold legs had been placed directly on 0.625-in. fiberboard flooring without baseplates, mudsills, or other adequate foundations, and the legs had not been positioned over the floor joists.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALLING OBJECT, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3324506					Occupation Not Listed
2	3324506					Occupation Not Listed

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