AMENDOLA CONSTRUCTION CO INC

Employee Injured in Fall from Scaffold

On June 28, 1984, at 1350 hours, Employee #1 was engaged in tuck-point operation s. He was setting up outrigger jacks between the WACO walk-through frame scaffol d and the wall. The outriggers were to support the scaffold planks. There was a wall tie on the outside frame of the scaffold at the fourth scaffold stage that prevented placement of the jack, so he decided to descend the scaffold end frame s to get a wrench to loosen the tie. He was about 26 feet above the adjacent roo f elevation at the fourth stage of the scaffolding. The roof was 12 feet above t he ground. Somewhere between his starting point and the roof he lost his grip an d fell; first to the roof, then onto the ground. No one saw him fall, and he cou ld not remember how far he had descended before he fell. The fall resulted in a concussion, fractured elbow and pelvis, a collapsed lung, and damage to the panc reas and spleen. He was hospitalized for his injuries. His spleen later had to b e removed because of extensive damage.