Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202539219 - Employee Is Injured When Scaffold Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 202539219 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/20/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126199918	04/10/2008	1742	238310	Nevell Group Inc

Abstract: On March 20, 2008, an employee and a coworker were standing on the top level of the rolling scaffold. They pulled on the ceiling grid to relocate the rolling scaffold. This caused the scaffold to tip over and the employee to fall down with the scaffold and the coworker hung on the ceiling grid without being tied off. The employee was hospitalized at California Hospital Medical Center and treated for unspecified injuries to his right hand and left foot.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, HAND, FOOT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126199918			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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