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Accident Summary Nr: 14340244 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL FROM 2-POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 14340244 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 09/26/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100372358	09/27/1985	1721	0	Capitol Maintenance, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SANDBLASTING AT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE FROM NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI TO VIDALIA, LOUISIANA, FROM THE WEST BANK TO A POINT JUST EAST OF PIER #3. A CO-WORKER HAD HELPED EMPLOYEE #1 REPOSITION HIS ALUMINUM SCAFFOLD WORK PLATFORM (26 FEET LONG BY 20 FEET, 1/4 INCH WIDE AND 6 INCHES THICK) BETWEEN VERTICAL BRACES #50 & 51 JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE SCAFFOLD BOARD WAS BEING SUSPENDED BY STEEL STIRRUP-LIKE BRACKETS HOOKED OVER PARALLEL WIRE ROPE CABLES STRUNG DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. THE 2 INCH DIAMETER SANDBLASTING HOSE HAD BEEN TIED TO THE ALUMINUM SCAFFOLD BOARD WHICH WAS HANGING ABOUT 60 FEET ABOVE THE ROADWAY. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD RESUMED SANDBLASTING THE TOP CHORDS AND WAS APPROACHING VERTICAL BRACE #50. TWENTY MINUTES LATER, TWO CO-WORKERS WITNESSED EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE SCAFFOLD BOARD FALLING TO THE ROADWAY. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF MULTIPLE INJURIES.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL, BRIDGE, SANDBLASTING, WORK PLATFORM, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100372358			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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