Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200070217 - Employee killed when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200070217 -- Report ID: 0453720 -- Event Date: 03/31/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300076577	03/31/1997	1742	0	Ricky L. Bevan Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on March 31, 1997, Employee #1 was working from a 9 ft 4 in high mobile scaffold, reattaching a metal support back to a section of metal drywall studs. A gust of wind caused the scaffold and drywall studs frame to collapse onto the concrete floor inside the building. Employee #1 suffered severe head injuries and was taken to High Point Regional Hospital, where he died on April 4, 1997.

Keywords: HEAD, HIGH WIND, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, CONCRETE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	5	43	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300076577			Fatality	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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