Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 700351 - Employee injured in fall from elevated work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 700351 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 07/24/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103234407	07/24/1997	1731	0	Sasco Electric

Abstract: Employee #1, an electrician, was working from a self-propelled mobile scaffold to install ceiling-mounted lighting fixtures. He was driving up a narrow 5 3/4 in. high ramp, with the platform in an elevated position, when the wheels of the scaffold went over the edge of the open-sided ramp. The work platform tipped over, causing Employee #1 to fall more than 14 ft to a concrete floor. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: MOBILE SCAFFOLD, RAMP, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SLOPE, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	4	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	103234407			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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