OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221432909
SCHERRER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
NEKOOSA, WI·
Event description
Employee falls in scaffold collapse, receives fractures to b
Investigation abstract
At 4:00 p.m. on December 22, 2021, an employee worked from a scaffold to install sill plates and assist in setting trusses for new residential construction. At some point, the employee attempted to descend from the scaffold using a step ladder. While attempting to get onto the ladder, the scaffold collapsed, and the employee fell approximately ten feet. The employee was taken to the hospital to treat fractures to both wrists but was not hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 39 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7010
- Fall distance
- 10
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