Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 954404 - Employee Injured In Fall From Scaffold On Bridge

**Accident: 954404 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 05/21/1996**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
126606888	05/23/1996	1622	Smith-Rowe, Inc.

At approximately 9:00 a.m. on May 21, 1996, Employee #1 and a coworker were removing concrete form work for a bridge. The coworker had already pried loose his end of the concrete form; Employee #1 was working on his end from a bracket scaffold. The form came loose suddenly, causing Employee #1 to fall either through or across the scaffold's wire rope, which was being used as a guardrail. He fell approximately 16 feet onto large riprap, injuring his face and head.

Keywords: concrete form work, head, guardrail, wire rope, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, bridge, scaffold

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	126606888			Non Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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