Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 105050.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and incurs multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 105050.015 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 03/27/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1305780.015	03/27/2018		238310	K.B. Coldiron, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on March 27, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in a window installation for a new three-story commercial building. He was working from a mobile scaffold inside the structure. As Employee #1 prepared to use an extension ladder to climb down from the scaffold, the scaffold rolled and the ladder fell. Employee #1 fell to the concrete surface, a fall height of 14 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple injuries, including fractures to his hip and thighbone, a dislocated shoulder, lacerations, and contusions.

Keywords: Construction, Contusion, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Installing, Laceration, Leg, Scaffold, Shoulder, Thigh, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1305780.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 14 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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