Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 656421 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold bracket fails

Accident Summary Nr: 656421 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 12/03/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113544712	12/03/1999	1791	0	National Steel Erection Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was engaged in dismantling and erecting tanks and scaffolding. Inadvertently, a scaffold bracket had been only partially set into the welded clip on the inside of the tank wall. When Employee #1 set the staging planks on the bracket and walked over to adjust them, the bracket became dislodged. He and the staging planks fell 40 ft. Employee #1 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD RIGGING, TANK, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	60

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113544712			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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