Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200900520 - Employee Killed In Fall When Mobile Scaffold Overturns
Accident: 200900520 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 03/12/1999 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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109137216 | 03/15/1999 | 1791 | Bax-Steel Buildings, Inc. | ||||
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on March 12, 1999, Employee #1 and a coworker were on a manually propelled mobile scaffold. Their foreman was trying to move the six-section-high scaffold by pushing it from ground level when one of its wheels broke and the scaffold overturned. The two workers fell onto the concrete floor and sustained injuries that required hospitalization. Employee #1 died of head injuries the following day. | |||||||
Keywords:
head, mobile scaffold, work rules, construction, equipment failure, riding on equipment, manual mat handling, fall, overturn
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | New project or new addition | $50,000 to $250,000 | 1 | 29 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 109137216 | Fatality | Fracture | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:29 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause: Fall from/with scaffold |