Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103799.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and incurs multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 103799.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/08/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1301129.015	03/13/2018		236116	Paragon Framing Inc

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on March 8, 2018, Employee #1, a framing carpenter employed by a construction framing company, was working at a site where several new houses were being built. He was working from a bracket scaffold and installing sheathing for a roof when the scaffold's guardrail failed. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 19 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a hip fracture and head trauma.

Keywords: Carpenter, Equipment Failure, Fall, Guardrail, Head, Hip, Installing, Residential Construction, Roof, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1301129.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 19 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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