Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170381008 - Employee injured in fall from moving scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170381008 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 04/26/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125501411	04/26/1996	1742	0	Maudlin Drywall

Abstract: Employee #1 had only recently been hired when he was assigned to hang sheetrock at the site of an automotive repair station under construction. He was on an 8 ft 11 in. high aluminum coupler-type rolling scaffold that had an engineered plank system for a work platform. As the scaffold was being moved, an unlocked wheel rolled into a repair pit in the floor. Employee #1 fell off the scaffold, suffering fractured and bruised ribs, and soft tissue injuries to his rib cage.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, RIB, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125501411			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers

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