Accident Report Detail

Accident: 107589.015 - Employee Incurs Multiple Injuries In Fall From Scaffold

**Accident: 107589.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 03/05/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1302611.015	03/06/2018		Mid-Continent Group, Llc

At 10:00 a.m. on March 5, 2018, Employee #1 was installing black pipe above a dr op ceiling, using a scaffold. The planking being used as a working surface gave way, and the employee fell approximately 20 feet to the roof of a paint booth, t hen to the concrete floor below. He suffered a ruptured spleen, bruises and con tusions. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: concrete slab, contusion, fall, rupture, scaffold, scaffold collapse, spleen, struck against

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1302611.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Pipelayer	FallDist: 21 FallHt:21 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause:

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