Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107981.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from scaffold whil

Accident Summary Nr: 107981.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 05/15/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1335829.015	08/02/2018		236220	Rua & Son Mechanical, Inc

Abstract: At 12:50 p.m. on May 15, 2018, an employee was installing a metal panel to the underside of an exterior escalator while standing on scaffold support structure without guardrails. The employee fell eight feet off of the scaffold and received fractures to his right wrist, left cheek bone, and right knee. Additionally, the employee received facial lacerations and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Escalator, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Installing, Knee, Laceration, Scaffold, Wrist

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1335829.015	61	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause:

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