EAST CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

FORKLIFT STRUCK SCAFFOLD; 2 EMPLOYEES INJURED

AT APPROXIMATELY 1:08 PM ON JUNE 5, 1987, A LULL HIGH LIFT FORKLIFT HAD JUST FIN ISHED PLACING A A MUD BOX ON THE 19 1/2 FOOT LEVEL OF THE SCAFFOLD. 3 BRICK LAYE RS WERE PUTTING UP A BRICK WALL AT THAT LEVEL. THE FORK LIFT OPERATOR BEGAN RETR ACTING THE BOOM AND BACKING UP WHEN IT APPEARS THAT THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL ROLLED OVER A MOUND ABOUT A FOOT HIGH. THE LIFT TIPPED TO THE LEFT, CAUSING THE MAST TO CATCH THE OUTSIDE SECTIONS OF THE SCAFFOLD WHERE THE TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING . THE OUTER SECTION OF THE SCAFFOLD WAS PULLED OVER ALONG WITH THE TWO EMPLOYEES . THE FORKLIFT DRIVER JUMPED AWAY AND WAS NOT INJURED. BOTH BRICKLAYERS WERE TRA NSPORTED BY PARAMEDICS TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY SUFFERED MULTIPLE BRUISES AND ABRAS IONS ON THE ARMS, ELBOW AND BODY.