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Accident Summary Nr: 670018 - Employee sustains brain damage in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 670018 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/22/1985
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
273048908/07/198517310Barth Electric Co Inc

Abstract: On April 22, 1985, Employee #1 was hanging light fixtures in a building from a 2 ft by 2 ft wide, 10 ft high platform on a High-Horse manually-propelled mobile scaffold, model XK-1, serial #73127, company #A-349. He and a coworker had been working at this task for about four days. Employee #1 had worked from the scaffold for two of these days. At approximately 4:00 p.m., Employee #1 fell from the platform to a concrete floor, landing on his head. He sustained serious head injuries and brain damage. Employee #1 was transported to Methodist Hospital and is now in the Hooks Rehabilitation Center at Community Hospital. One of the two pins (spring leaded) that secure the cage (guardrail) to the platform failed because the cage was bent and warped.

Keywords: HEAD, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, INADEQUATE MAINT, PIN, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, BRAIN

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 2730489 Hospitalized injury Concussion Electricians

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