Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 510875 - Employee injured in fall from shoring towers

Accident Summary Nr: 510875 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 04/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301236907	04/09/1997	1622	0	David A Mowat Company & Ml Mowat Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on damaged and cracked 2 by 6s located on shoring towers while tearing down concrete forms. Two boards, 2 by 6 and 6 ft long, were being supported by a single 2 by 6. The 2 by 6 broke and Employee #1 fell 11 feet 8 inches, breaking his left heel.

Keywords: BOARD, CONCRETE FORM WORK, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301236907			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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