Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 977298 - Employee injured when he cuts rope and scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 977298 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 10/12/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105532329	10/15/1987	1611	0	Randall Sharpe Contractors

Abstract: Employee #1 was disassembling a two-point suspension scaffold, He began to cut the supporting ropes with a pocket knife. Employee #1 stopped briefly to consider the consequences, but continued cutting until the rope was severed. The scaffold flipped, throwing the employee into the air. He fell 30 ft to the ground and was hospitalized with a fractured arm and pelvis.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, PELVIS, ARM, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105532329			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Physicists and astronomers

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