Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 108324.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall through unsecured

Accident Summary Nr: 108324.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 05/30/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1336988.015	05/30/2018		238140	Hirschi Masonry, Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 a.m. on May 30, 2018, an employee was walking towards an access ladder on a scaffold. A coworker had removed scaffold planks off of a barer to install a rest platform, but failed to notify the employee of the hazardous condition created. The employee stepped through the unsecured cantilevered planks and began to fall. In an attempt to stop his fall, the employee grabbed at the brick wall which resulted in a masonry block coming loose and falling with the employee. The employee fell eleven feet and was then struck on the head by the falling masonry block. The employee received a fractured pelvis, vertebra, and sternum along with head trauma. The employee was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: Blocks, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Fall, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Ladder, Masonry Wall, Pelvis, Plank, Scaffold, Struck By, Unsecured, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	28

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1336988.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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