Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14399828 - Employees injured when scaffold falls from overpass

Accident Summary Nr: 14399828 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 04/25/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2294494	04/25/1985	1611	0	H B Zachary

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were working from a scaffold platform that was suspended from the side of a highway overpass and over a street traveled by automobiles and trucks. A high truck passed and hit the scaffold platform, breaking it loose from the scaffold support and causing the employees and the platform to fall to the street. Employees #1 and #2 were also struck by the falling scaffold; both employees were hospitalized.

Keywords: WORK RULES, FALL, STRUCK BY, BRIDGE, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLD, WARNING SIGN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2294494			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
2	2294494			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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