Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200020873 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200020873 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 06/18/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302127659	06/19/1998	1761	0	Anchor Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 and four coworkers were working from a job-made scaffold when the scaffold collapsed and they fell 10 ft 8 in. Employee #1 injured his foot, but was not hospitalized. The scaffold had been overloaded.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FOOT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302127659			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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