Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200770360 - Employee injured in fall when mobile scaffold overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200770360 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/11/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300546462	03/11/1999	1522	0	Turner Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a Baker-type mobile scaffold, pulling himself along a concrete floor when the right wheel went into a floor hole and the scaffold tipped over. He fell to the floor, sustaining injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: MOBILE SCAFFOLD, FLOOR HOLE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, FALL, 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	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300546462			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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