Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170174981 - Employee suffers fractures in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170174981 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 08/06/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111824736	08/15/1990	1721	0	Stump & Sons Dba Walter Blumert Co.

Abstract: Two employees were assigned to paint a 22-foot high ceiling using a rolling tower scaffold. While Employee #1 was on the unguarded top level moving a plank, his weight shifted and the scaffold and tipped it over. Employee #1 fell approximately 15 feet to the floor as the scaffold collapsed, hitting an adjacent wall as he fell, fracturing his skull and shoulder. The employer was found to be in serious violation of T8CCR 1637(c) (not anchoring or bracing the scaffold) and T8CCR 1637(k)(6) (not providing guardrails).

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, SKULL, FALL, BRACING, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111824736			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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