Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104580.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and injures head and back

Accident Summary Nr: 104580.015 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 12/18/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1307651.015	12/27/2017	1711	238210	317719170 - Mill Plain Electric Inc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on December 18, 2017, Employee #1 was working at a multiemployer construction project, a two-story commercial building. He was climbing a stepladder to access a hydro mobile scaffold. As he stepped on the scaffold's work platform, the planks overturned and he fell, a fall height of 8.83 feet, striking the concrete surface. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a concussion, a fractured lumbar vertebra, and a bitten tongue.

Keywords: Concussion, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Scaffold, Stepladder, Structural Collapse, Vertebra, Work Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1307651.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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