Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170009252 - Two employees fall from broken scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170009252 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 09/06/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303791800	09/07/2000	1791	0	United Steel Erectors Inc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m., Employees #1 and #2 were working on a scaffold that was supported by metal brackets welded around the inside of a water tank under construction. One of the brackets broke, and Employees #1 and #2 fell. They both sustained leg injuries, for which they were hospitalized. Prior to the accident, a coworker had welded the brackets; following the accident, the foreman was assigned responsibility for welding brackets to the tank wall.

Keywords: UNSECURED, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WATER TANK, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303791800			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported
2	303791800			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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