Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170824247 - Employee injured in fall from tubular scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170824247 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/27/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127365187	04/12/1996	1799	0	American Wallboard

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on a tubular welded-frame scaffold, sanding drywall overhead. He lost his balance and fell 5 ft 9 in. to the floor, tipping over the scaffold as he went down. Employee #1 sustained facial lacerations and back and rib injuries that required surgery. The 7 ft 2 in. high by 28 in. wide and 7 ft long fully planked scaffold did not have any guardrails.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, LACERATION, FALL, LOST BALANCE, OVERTURN, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127365187			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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