Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200641439 - Employee killed in fall from mobile scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200641439 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 09/26/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303638670	10/02/2000	1611	0	Gibson And Associates, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on September 26, 2000, Employee #1 and two coworkers, all welders, were under a bridge, removing 8 ft sections of a damaged I-beam. They were situated on three units of mobile scaffolding, two frames high. Coworkers later stated that the damaged I-beam sections popped when they were cut, and this apparently startled Employee #1, who he lost his balance and fell from the scaffold. He suffered head injuries and was transported to the hospital, where he died on October 2, 2000. The workers were not wearing any form of personal fall arrest system and the scaffolds were not equipped with proper guardrails.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, NOISE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000		15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303638670			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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