Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201401759 - PROPERTY DAMAGED WHEN STAVE HITS SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 201401759 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 03/17/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125062703	03/20/1998	1541	0	Metro Industrial Contr

Abstract: 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		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		100

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	125062703

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