Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200600112 - Employee killed in fall while dismantling scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200600112 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 06/15/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300432002	06/16/1997	1742	0	Triangle Plastering Systems, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a crew that was dismantling a scaffold. He was throwing a scaffold frame member to the ground when it caught his shirt, knocking him off balance. Employee #1 and the scaffold piece fell 27 ft to the ground. He was killed.

Keywords: CLOTHING, DISMANTLING, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, LOST BALANCE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	27	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300432002			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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