Accident Report Detail
Accident: 171017270 - Employee Fractures Vertebrae In Fall From Scaffold
Accident: 171017270 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 07/24/1995 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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126231513 | 07/24/1995 | 1799 | Performance Abatement Services Inc | ||||
Employee #1, of Performance Abatement Services, was standing on the first level of a scaffold that had been erected to remove asbestos insulation from a digester tank at the Albany Paper Mill. He was shoveling insulation into a plastic bag when he lost his footing and toppled off the scaffold platform through the plastic abatement containment wall. He fell 7 ft 4 3/4 in., landing on his back on the concrete floor of the digester pit. Employee #1 was transported to Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center in Portland, OR, where he was diagnosed with two fractured vertebrae. There were no guardrails on the 31 in. wide platform. | |||||||
Keywords:
platform, fracture, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, lost balance, vertebra, unguarded, scaffold
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 126231513 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Construction trades, n.e.c. |