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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Scaffolding has collapsed with workers on it or below — on a building, bridge, or industrial site.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cascade of poles and boards falling from building face.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Workers hanging from partial frame or buried in debris pile.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Loud clanging and screams from site.
Scene hazards: Falling tubes and boards, Impalement on pipes, Electrical contact, Dust
Collapsed scaffold forms unstable pile — shifting one tube collapses the stack.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Move away from base of scaffold outward at least its height.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Shout roll call for crew names.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Listen for tapping from debris pile.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 — scaffolding collapse, address, number unaccounted.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If trapped: cover mouth, tap scaffold tubes in rhythm.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cordon area — keep cranes and forklifts away from pile.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Provide first aid on ground for falls — spinal precautions if neck pain.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. Say scaffolding collapse with building address and workers missing count.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Report injuries visible on ground and tapping heard from pile.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Guide rescue to site gate — construction access is often restricted.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Fall from scaffold height causes major trauma — trauma center.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Structural engineer inspects remaining scaffold before reuse.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT climb collapsed scaffold to reach upper trapped workers.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT cut load-bearing couplers without engineer assessment.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT restart work on adjacent scaffold until inspection.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT light cutting torches near dust without gas check.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You can safely stack fallen tubes to reach trapped workers quickly
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Improvised stacks collapse under rescuer weight. Use engineered lifting and shoring from fire-rescue.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Rescuer fall and secondary burial of victim.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Scaffold collapse drops workers from height and buries others under steel tubes and wooden planks.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Partial collapse leaves hanging sections that can fall during rescue.