Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202561627 - Mobile Scaffold Driver Is Injured When Scaffold Tips Over

Accident Summary Nr: 202561627 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 03/07/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317023059	03/08/2013	1731	238210	Jfk Electrical Contracting Enterprise, Inc.

Abstract: On March 7, 2013, an employee, of JFK Electrical Contracting Enterprise, Inc., was working at a commercial building. He was driving a partially extended mobile scaffold. One of the scaffold tires dropped into a floor hole, causing the scaffold to tip over and fall to the ground. The employee was thrown from the scaffold and seriously injured. He was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for injuries that included an unspecified fracture.

Keywords: EJECTED, FRACTURE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, MACHINE OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, DRIVER, FALL, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD, TIRE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317023059			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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