Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170180053 - Employee's hip broken in fall during scaffold dismantling

Accident Summary Nr: 170180053 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 10/27/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112063862	12/07/1990	1791	0	Burke Scaffolding Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was stripping scaffolding used by an asbestos removal contractor. The scaffold was made up of approximately 10 ft high frames, covered by aluminum I-beam stringers 24 in. apart, on center, resting on the aluminum I-beam crossbeams. Three-quarter inch plywood, which was nailed into the stringers using 8-penny nails, was all that held the stringers in place. Employee #1 was standing on the aluminum stringers pulling up the plywood when the stringers spread and Employee #1 lost his footing. He fell onto his right side, breaking his right hip. According to Employee #1, A-clamps that could have been used to secure the aluminum stringers to the crossbeams were on site, but had not been used on this scaffold.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, LOST BALANCE, HIP, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112063862			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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