Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 106021.015 - Employees falls from scaffold and punctures back

Accident Summary Nr: 106021.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 05/23/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1319225.015	05/30/2018		238390	Terry Rafalowski

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on May 23, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was installing metal siding to an interior wall for a one-story commercial building. He was working from a rolling/mobile scaffold when he fell, a fall height of 2 feet, and sustained a puncture wound to his lower back and buttocks. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for the puncture wound.

Keywords: Back, Buttocks, Construction, Fall, Installing, Metal Siding, Mobile Scaffold, Puncture, Scaffold, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	9

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1319225.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: 2 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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