Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201200573 - Employee injured in fall from scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 201200573 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 04/22/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302722483	04/23/1999	1542	0	Andersen Construction Company

Abstract: At approximately 10:45 p.m. on April 23, 1999, Employee #1 was providing welding ventilation and fire watching from a scaffolding 11 ft above a concrete floor. A small smoldering fire started on the backside of a column from where Employee #1 was working. Employee #1 attempted to maintain the ventilation tube position with his right hand and extinguish the fire using the spray bottle with his left. As Employee #1 squatted down to reach around the column he lost his balance and fell from the scaffolding. Employee #1 struck an office chair and hit his head on the concrete floor. Coworkers provided medical treatment until an ambulance arrived to transport to the hospital.

Keywords: HEAD, VENTILATION, FIRE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, FALL, LOST BALANCE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	3	11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302722483			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Fireproofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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