Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 518985 - Employee killed when mobile scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 518985 -- Report ID: 0935000 -- Event Date: 03/17/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110518784	03/19/1998	1542	0	Pacific Crown Construction Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109503524	03/19/1998	1542	0	Dillingham Construction Pacific Basin Ltd

Abstract: Employee #1 was on top of a three-tiered mobile scaffold when the entire unit collapsed. He fell with it and suffered a fractured skull. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, SKULL, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3	17	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	110518784			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	109503524					Occupation Not Listed	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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