Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170164818 - Employee injured when struck by scaffold plank

Accident Summary Nr: 170164818 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/13/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111973772	08/23/1990	1742	0	Pierce Enterprises

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were at ground level removing planks from a 6 ft high scaffold platform. They would each grab hold of one end of a plank as they removed it. Employee #1 looked away as they were moving a plank, and the plank's end dropped approximately 1 ft, striking him on the right side of the head below his hard hat. He sustained a minor contusion and was taken to HCI hospital, where he was held overnight for observation and then released.

Keywords: HEAD, DISMANTLING, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, CONTUSION, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111973772			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Plasterers

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