Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 106828.015 - Employee falls from shifting scaffold planks, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 106828.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/12/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1325393.015	06/26/2018		238310	Caston Inc

Abstract: At 8:05 a.m. on June 12, 2018, Employee #1, a journeyman plasterer, and coworkers employed by a construction company, were engaged in the construction of a two-story school building. Employee #1 was working from the first tier of a metal scaffold with overlapping, unsecured planks. He was assisting his coworkers during masking/lathing activity. The planks shifted, and Employee #1 fell through the opening created, a fall height of approximately 55 inches. He was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for multiple rib fractures. Employee #1 remained hospitalized until October 24, 2018, when he died.

Keywords: Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Fracture, Lathe, Plank, Plaster, Rib, Scaffold, Unsecured, Unsecured Panel, Work Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	29

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1325393.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Plasterers	Distance of Fall: 5 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause:

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