Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201405263 - Employee injured in fall when scaffolding collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201405263 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 06/21/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127030716	06/21/2001	1799	0	Manz Harrison & Muir Inc

Abstract: On June 21, 2001, Employee #1 was helping to relocate scaffolding at the work site. Chain slings with open hooks were being used as temporary supports for the swing stage of the scaffold as it was being moved. The slings and hooks on the east end of the scaffold became disconnected and that side of the scaffold collapsed. Employee #1 fell and suffered multiple abrasions and contusions, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, ABRASION, FALL, SCAFFOLD RIGGING, CONTUSION, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000		270

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127030716			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 350 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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