Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107584.015 - Employee falls from scaffold, fractures ribs and back

Accident Summary Nr: 107584.015 -- Report ID: 0352460 -- Event Date: 05/14/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1317320.015	05/15/2018		238310	Cameron Insulation, Llc

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on May 14, 2018, Employee #1, a foreman, and one coworker, both employed by an insulation company, were working at a school building construction site. They were working from a Fraco mast climbing scaffold and spraying foam insulation to the building's exterior. After lifting the scaffold to reach the top of the building, and as Employee #1 stepped onto the work platform, he fell backward, a fall height of 20 feet. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for four fractured ribs and two fractured vertebrae in his back.

Keywords: Back, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Insulator, Rib, Scaffold, Sprayed, Vertebra, Work Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1317320.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Insulation Workers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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