Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180171 - Employee falls from scaffolding and breaks his ankle

Accident Summary Nr: 201180171 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 07/17/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125495671	07/26/1999	1771	0	Superior Coring & Cutting, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:00 p.m. on July 17, 1999, Employee #1 was in the process of pulling out a square slab of concrete approximately 18 inches square by 10 inches thick from a wall while working from a rolling scaffold. The concrete slab was to fall from the wall about 9.5 ft to the floor and land on three pallets to break the fall. When the concrete fell on the pallets it bounced up and hit the scaffold Employee #1 was working from. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell approximately 6 ft to the floor breaking his ankle. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, FALL, STRUCK BY, CONCRETE, ANKLE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125495671			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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