Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 108384.015 - Employee falls and breaks ankle when scaffold tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 108384.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 08/16/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1339222.015	08/16/2018		238310	Evergreene Architectual Arts, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on August 16, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working from a 6-foot scaffold and plastering the exterior of a nine-story building as part of a multiemployer renovation project. He leaned over the scaffold's guardrail, and the scaffold tipped over and fell. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 5.8 feet, and struck the concrete surface. He was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for two fractures to his left ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Construction, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Leaning over, Overturn, Scaffold, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			9	60

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1339222.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause:

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