Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201953528 - Employee Erecting Scaffold Falls

Accident Summary Nr: 201953528 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 07/31/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306898081	08/01/2003	1611	237310	Nasco Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was assisting laborers in erecting bridge bracket scaffolding and suffered severe laceration to his forehead when scaffolding collapsed from under his feet after laying a plywood platform. The taper anchor bolts installed to hold the bridge brackets in place to complete scaffolding as walking/working surface pulled out of the previously poured concrete. Employee #1 struck rebar that was extending out of the top of the concrete wall during the fall. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital were he was treated and released.

Keywords: ANCHOR, ERECTION PROCESS, HEAD, REBAR, FOREHEAD, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, LACERATION, FALL, CONCRETE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		17

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306898081			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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