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Accident: 201169174 - Employee Injured In Fall When Scaffold Plank Shifts
Accident: 201169174 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 08/28/2007 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 126159789 | 09/10/2007 | 1791 | Bickerton Iron Works Inc | ||||
| At approximately 8:15 a.m. on August 28, 2007, Employee #1, working for a steel fabrication and erection contractor, was on an overhead beam on the north wall of the 27th floor. He was moving off the ledge onto a scaffold plank when the board shifted as he stepped on it. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell 13 ft 6 in. to the floor below. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization. Employee #1 had personal fall protection equipment, but he was not tied off at the time of the accident. | |||||||
Keywords:
unsecured, work rules, walking on plank, construction, fall, fall protection, lost balance, tie-off, scaffold, scaffolding
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 | 27 | 13 | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 126159789 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:13 Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Bolting-Up FatCause: Fall, other |
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