Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201110103 - Employee injured in fall from suspended lamp scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201110103 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 02/22/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120079009	02/27/1996	7812	0	Universal Studios

Abstract: Employee #1, a lighting technician for Universal Studios, Universal City, CA, was on a suspended lamp scaffold, lowering a portable set lighting lamp. The scaffold's wooden guardrail, onto which the lamp rigging rope was attached, broke during the operation. Employee #1 fell 15 ft 4 in. from the scaffold, landing on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with multiple injuries.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120079009			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical and electronic technicians

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