Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14286553 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold when struck by duct

Accident Summary Nr: 14286553 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 09/07/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107517047	09/07/1994	1711	0	Powerhouse Sheet Metal Company Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was dismantling an HVAC duct system suspended from the ceiling while on an 8 ft tall mobile scaffold that was not fully planked or properly guarded. The wheels on the mobile scaffold were not locked. A section of the HVAC duct broke free of the ceiling, swung down, hit the mobile scaffold, and threw Employee #1 to the ground. He sustained a blood clot in the brain.

Keywords: BLOOD CLOT, DISMANTLING, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, BRAIN, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107517047			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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