Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170736102 - Employee injured when scaffold overturns on him

Accident Summary Nr: 170736102 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 04/21/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119872240	04/21/1995	3443	0	Advance Tank And Construction Co
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119872232	04/21/1995	3443	0	Advance Tank And Construction Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was working inside a recently sandblasted steel water tank. He was pushing a 5 ft by 10 ft by 27 ft high rolling scaffold up against the wall of the tank when one of the scaffold's four wheels became dislodged from its holder. The scaffold fell on its side, landing on Employee #1. He suffered multiple skull fractures, a fractured vertebrae, and other internal tissue damage; he remained in a semi-comatose state for several days. Employee #1 was an experienced worker in his trade

Keywords: FRACTURE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, UNSECURED, SKULL, VERTEBRA, WATER TANK, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119872240			Hospitalized injury	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance
2	119872232					Occupation Not Listed

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