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Accident Summary Nr: 101191.015 - Employee falls while securing scaffold, incurs multiple inju

Accident Summary Nr: 101191.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 08/05/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1254593.015	08/14/2017		238990	D H Smith Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on August 5, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworkers #1, #2, and #3, employed by a construction company, were at the construction site for a three-story multifamily residential building. Employee #1 and Coworkers #1 and #2 were engaged in erecting and securing an exterior metal scaffold. Coworker #3 was their supervisor. According to subsequent statements from Coworkers #1 and #2, Employee #1 was working alone on the upper levels of the scaffold. He was tying braces near a corner of the structure. Employee #1 fell from the third level of the scaffold, a fall height of approximately 25 feet. No one witnessed his fall, and he did not remember the circumstances. After falling, he rose and walked into the first level garage, where Coworker #3 found him. Employee #1 was bleeding and incoherent. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured pelvis, four fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, a laceration to his liver, and head lacerations that required staples.

Keywords: Erection Process, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Liver, Lung, Pelvis, Residential Construction, Rib, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3	34

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1254593.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction inspectors	Distance of Fall: 25 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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