Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170573000 - Two employees injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170573000 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 11/26/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302449566	12/07/1999	1721	0	K & K Painting

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2, both painters, were on the work platform of a mobile scaffold with a 29 in. wide base, wrapping ceiling beams in preparation for painting. The painters lost their balance and fell approximately 11 ft 6 in. from the work platform; this, in turn, caused the scaffold to overturn. Employees #1 and #2 sustained injuries, but neither was hospitalized. The scaffold had no guardrails, and neither worker was wearing a harness or lanyard. The scaffold's base was not secured from tipping, and no outriggers had been installed.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, OUTRIGGER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302449566			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Painters, construction and maintenance
2	302449566			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Painters, construction and maintenance

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