Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202330668 - Employee injured in fall with scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202330668 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 10/17/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305404360	10/17/2003	1622	237310	Concrete General, Inc.

Abstract: On October 17, 2003, Employee #1 was working on a retrofit on the underside of a bridge. He was ratcheting up a section of a needle-beam scaffold to take the weight off one of the hangers so he could move it when he heard a loud pop. Employee #1 fell 20 ft with the scaffold, banging his shoulder on one of the bridge piers and landing on compacted dirt. Scaffold beams and corrugated metal sheets fell with him. He immediately got up, ran up the embankment, and told his supervisor what had happened. He sustained multiple bruises and was taken to Washington County Hospital, where he was examined and released.

Keywords: UNSECURED, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, BRIDGE, CONTUSION, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305404360			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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