Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201169174 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold plank shifts

Accident Summary Nr: 201169174 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 08/28/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126159789	09/10/2007	1791	238120	Bickerton Iron Works Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:15 a.m. on August 28, 2007, Employee #1, working for a steel fabrication and erection contractor, was on an overhead beam on the north wall of the 27th floor. He was moving off the ledge onto a scaffold plank when the board shifted as he stepped on it. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell 13 ft 6 in. to the floor below. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization. Employee #1 had personal fall protection equipment, but he was not tied off at the time of the accident.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, WALKING ON PLANK, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE, TIE-OFF, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	27	13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126159789			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Bolting-Up Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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