Accident Report Detail

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Accident: 201401759 - Property Damaged When Stave Hits Scaffold

**Accident: 201401759 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 03/17/1998**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
125062703	03/20/1998	1541	Metro Industrial Contr

While lowering a stave into position the neutral lever on the air hoist was inadvertently engaged allowing the stave to free fall approximately 4 ft onto the scaffold. The impact broke a 12-in.-square hole in the scaffold platform. No employees were injured in this incident.

Keywords: hoisting mechanism, control lever, hoist, inattention, scaffold, scaffolding

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		100

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature
1	125062703

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