Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201090636 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold plank moves

Accident Summary Nr: 201090636 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 12/12/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126205798	02/11/1997	1799	0	Safeway Steel Product Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:08 a.m. on December 12, 1996, Employee #1, of Safeway Steel Products, Inc., was erecting a scaffold at a 14-complex movie theater in Bakersfield, CA. He was standing on a work plank that was on the top of a second scaffold frame; he had one foot on the plank and the other on top of the frame below. Employee #1 was attempting to set another scaffold, using his knee and leg to help spread the slightly bent unit, when the frame came loose. He lost his balance as the plank he was standing on slid from under him. Employee #1 fell onto concrete and sustained serious injuries. Both the plank and the scaffold frames were wet.

Keywords: UNSECURED, UNSECURED PANEL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, LOST BALANCE, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126205798			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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