Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109515.015 - Employee falls from scaffold, injures head, wrist, and hand

Accident Summary Nr: 109515.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 09/21/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1349255.015	09/25/2018		238140	Masonry Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:40 a.m. on September 21, 2018, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a masonry construction company, were engaged in masonry work at a multiemployer construction project. Employee #1 was on a scaffold and attempting to hoist a gas container needed by a coworker to operate a saw. Employee #1 fell from the scaffold to the concrete floor, a fall height of 11.5 feet. He was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a head injury and a fractured wrist and hand.

Keywords: Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hand, Head, Hoist, Masonry Wall, Material Handling, Scaffold, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1349255.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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