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389 E. 8TH ST., ST. PAUL, MN 55101
Standard 19260451 A 8
Standard 19260451 I 7
Standard 19260021 B 3
Standard 19260102 A01
Standard 19260028 A
Employee's ankles fractured in fall from collapsing scaffold
Employee #1, who was acid washing brick from a suspended scaffold, noticed a low er block hook that was either cinched or twisted in the bridle eye. He crawled o ver the parapet wall 50 ft above the ground without snapping his grabber and lan yard to his safety belt. He attempted to kick the hook into position but it twis ted out, causing the left side of the scaffold to let go. Employee #1, who was w earing wet cloth gloves, attempted to hold onto the hoisting rope, but he slippe d and fell 50 ft. He fractured both ankles and was hospitalized.
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