Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202339941 - Employee sustains contusions in fall from scaffold plank

Accident Summary Nr: 202339941 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 02/04/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305268898	02/05/2002	4939	0	Constellation Power Source Generation Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303648042	02/04/2002	1629	0	Babcock & Wilcox Construction Company Inc

Abstract: On February 4, 2002, Employee #1 was working on a single frame 5-ft-high mason scaffold that had one 20-in. fabricated scaffold plank on a 5-ft-wide scaffold frame. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell backward off of the plank and onto the cross braces, and then on the floor.

Keywords: PLANK, ABRASION, LOST BALANCE, CONTUSION, CONSTRUCTION, BRACE, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	6	168

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305268898					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
2	303648042			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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