Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14464515 - SCAFFOLD COLLASPE - FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 14464515 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 07/23/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14701890	08/03/1984	1629	0	Bechtel Constructors Corporation

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 P.M. ON JULY 23, 1984, TWO CARPENTERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO PUT A CONCRETE FORM IN PLACE. A CASTER ON THE SCAFFOLD THEY WERE ON TURNED AND BEGAN ROLLING DOWN THE SLOPED FLOOR OF DIGESTER TANK #2. THE SCAFFOLD TIPPED OVER, THROWING EMPLOYEE #2 INTO SOME SLUDGE. HE INADVERTENTLY SWALLOWED SOME OF THE SLUDGE. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL THE SAME DAY. EMPLOYEE #1 JUMPED CLEAR OF THE SCAFFOLD, ONLY TO HAVE THE CONCRETE FORM FALL ON HIS LEFT ANKLE AND BREAK IT. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED, AND HAS SINCE SUFFERED AN INFECTION OF HIS LEFT KNEE, CAUSED BY A SEVERE BRUISE.

Keywords: KNEE, CASTER, COLLAPSE, CARPENTER, FALL, ANKLE, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14701890			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters
2	14701890			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters

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