Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200900934 - Employee Is Killed When Scaffold Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200900934 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 06/30/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303769210	08/17/2001	0139	0	Newberry & Williams Farms, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and #2 were working from a six to seven tier mobile scaffold. Employee #2 climbed down to move the mobile scaffold. As Employee #2 unlocked the wheels and picked up or lifted one end of the scaffold, one of the wheels came off. The scaffolding started to fall with Employee #1 still on it, approximately 8 ft above ground, when the scaffold twisted and collapsed. Employee #1 was turned backwards, when he hit his head on the concrete slab below. Employee died as a result of the accident.

Keywords: HEAD, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, COLLAPSE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, CUTTING AND BURNING, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	4	44	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303769210			Fatality	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 44 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Welding/Bu Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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