Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200900520 - Employee killed in fall when mobile scaffold overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200900520 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 03/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109137216	03/15/1999	1791	0	Bax-Steel Buildings, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on March 12, 1999, Employee #1 and a coworker were on a manually propelled mobile scaffold. Their foreman was trying to move the six-section-high scaffold by pushing it from ground level when one of its wheels broke and the scaffold overturned. The two workers fell onto the concrete floor and sustained injuries that required hospitalization. Employee #1 died of head injuries the following day.

Keywords: HEAD, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	29	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109137216			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 29 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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