Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14409924 - Employee killed in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 14409924 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 08/03/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102345816	08/05/1987	1795	0	Newell Recycling Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a mobile scaffold, cutting the timber and cross members of a building that was being demolished. A forklift operator was pulling down the cross members. Some timbers struck the mobile scaffold when they fell, causing it to collapse. Employee #1 was thrown off the scaffold to the concrete floor. He was killed.

Keywords: IND TRK OPERATOR, DISMANTLING, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102345816			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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