Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170804645 - Employee's vertebra fractured when struck by scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 170804645 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 06/16/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126694249	06/16/1995	1742	0	Hds Plaster Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on the back of a flatbed truck attempting to hold approximately 35 unsecured tubular scaffold sections. As the truck backed down a steep grade, the load shifted toward the employee. As he attempted to escape, the scaffold sections hit him in the back. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a cracked vertebra.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, STEEP GRADE, FLATBED TRUCK, VERTEBRA, BACKING UP, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126694249			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers

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