Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100162.015 - Employee falls from scaffold, incurs head, shoulder injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 100162.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 05/20/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1235641.015	05/26/2017		238170	Titan Sheet Metal

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on May 20, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was installing rain gutters on a two-story residence, a multiemployer construction project. He was on the second level of the metal scaffolding erected around the building and reaching over his head to perform the installation. Employee #1 fell from the scaffold platform, a fall height of 12 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a concussion and a shoulder injury. During the subsequent investigation, it was determined that the scaffold top rail, part of the guardrail system, was partially displaced and detached from the scaffolding post at the corner where Employee #1 had been working.

Keywords: Concussion, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Installing, Residential Construction, Roof, Scaffold, Shoulder

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1235641.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Plasterers	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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