Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14295810 - Employee's skull fractured by falling scaffold plank

Accident Summary Nr: 14295810 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 10/03/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2842300	10/18/1985	1799	0	Patent Scaffolding

Abstract: Employee #1 was halfway up a 70 ft high tubular welded frame scaffold, helping a coworker construct a floor of scaffold planks. The tower of approximately 6 ft 6 in. by 7 ft by 5 ft tall tubular welded frames was erected around a pipe that was to have the outside insulation removed. An approximately 2 in. by 12 in. by 8 ft long scaffold board fell 35 ft from the top of the scaffold, striking Employee #1 on the head. He sustained a fractured skull and a laceration, for which he was hospitalized. The board that fell had been left at the top of the scaffold while the tubular welded frame was being erected. Employee #1 was trained and experienced in the proper procedures for scaffold erection. He was wearing a hard hat.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, LACERATION, SKULL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2842300			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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