Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200630978 - Employee killed when scaffold toppled over

Accident Summary Nr: 200630978 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 10/04/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116524935	10/06/2003	1622	237310	National Engineering & Contracting Co. Inc.

Abstract: A crew of employees was working overtime on a Friday afternoon to finish pouring caissons for bridge piers. They had been using a specially designed scaffold and one employee was still working from the scaffold platform. The scaffold should have been secured to a crane; however a 1-inch diameter nut had been removed which held one side of the scaffold coupler to the crane. The crane was laying a concrete bucket on the ground at the time, and the nut was removed before it returned. The scaffold toppled over and fell approximately 23 feet killing the employee who was still on the work platform.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, SCAFFOLD RIGGING, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		23	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116524935			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 23 feet Cause: Pouring concrete for piers, and pylons Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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