Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200850543 - Employee crushed and killed when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200850543 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 09/29/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106871650	09/30/1997	1622	0	Grow-Perini

Abstract: Employee #1, an iron worker, was standing on a temporary work platform that was being hoisted into position to connect it to a bridge trolley rail when the platform collapsed at its midpoint. As the center caved downward, the platform flared up at its ends. Employee #1 slid down the sloping structure and became caught between the platform and the bridge trolley rail. He was crushed and killed. Employee #1 was tied off to the platform, but this did not help when the platform collapsed.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over		240	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	106871650			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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