Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201400512 - Employee injured in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 201400512 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 02/12/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124872698	05/02/1997	1799	0	Pontiac Ceiling & Partition Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a scaffold that was cantilevered over an elevator shaft, installing fireproofing. The guardrail parted and he fell approximately 34 ft down the shaft. Employee #1 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATOR SHAFT, SCAFFOLD

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	124872698			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 34 feet Cause: Fireproofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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