Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170237150 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170237150 -- Report ID: 1055320 -- Event Date: 04/03/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115544892	04/03/1992	1521	0	M A Mortenson Dba Mortenson Construction

Abstract: An employee was working from the second level of a Safeway Build-Up scaffold. While preparing to descend a ladder, he grabbed the scaffold's midrail. The midrail came off, and Employee #1 fell approximately 16 ft to the ground. The counterweight that secured the midrail was stuck in the slide position, which allowed the midrail to come off.

Keywords: COUNTERBALANCE, STUCK, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, MIDRAIL, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	115544892

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