Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200370195 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200370195 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 09/25/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301757092	10/15/1998	1711	0	Tri-Meck Mechanical Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing piping from a 76 in. long by 28 1/2 in. wide by 79 1/2 in. high mobile scaffold. He was using the overhead pipes to pull the scaffold across the floor when one of the wheels struck a 4 in. diameter floor hole and the scaffold tipped over. Employee #1 grabbed a metal stud, but fell to the concrete floor. He suffered a hand laceration and elbow injuries.

Keywords: INSTALLING, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, FLOOR HOLE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, HAND, WORK SURFACE, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301757092			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Other

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