Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200020667 - Employee injured in fall when baker's scaffold overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200020667 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 01/02/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300028156	01/02/1998	1742	0	Andersen Interior Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on January 2, 1998, Employee #1 was pulling himself along on a baker's scaffold when one of the wheels rolled into a hole in the floor and the scaffold tipped over. He fell to the concrete floor, sustaining injuries to his shoulder and side. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to Morristown Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and released later that day. He returned to work on January 8, 1998.

Keywords: SHOULDER, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, FLOOR HOLE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK SURFACE, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300028156			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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