Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170696769 - Employee injured in scaffold collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 170696769 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 04/01/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119793537	04/19/1994	1629	0	Andreco Refractory Services

Abstract: Employee #1 was an experienced laborer for an employer engaged in the tearing down and rebuilding of a glassmaking furnace. On April 1, 1994, he was working inside a 10 ft by 10 ft flue on a platform constructed of three 4 by 6 timbers set on edge and covered by nine 4 by 6 timbers laid at 90 degrees and evenly spaced, covered by 3/4 in. plywood. Employee #1 point-loaded the scaffold by placing approximately 2,000 lb of brick against one wall of the flue, directly over one of the timbers. The scaffold collapsed; Employee #1 fell and was struck by falling material from the collapsed scaffold.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, STRUCK BY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FALLING OBJECT, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119793537			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons

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