Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171060213 - Employee injured in fall when mobile scaffold overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 171060213 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 11/17/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303612444	11/17/2000	1742	0	Utah Structural Coatings

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a crew that was using a Baker mobile scaffold to spray fireproofing onto ceiling rafters. He was situated on the scaffold while it was pushed or moved by coworkers on the ground. The scaffold was being moved when one of the fireproofing hoses became caught underneath one of its wheels. The scaffold became unstable and overturned. Employee #1 fell with the scaffold and sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303612444			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Fireproofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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