Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110649.015 - Employee fractures back in fall from collapsed makeshift sca

Accident Summary Nr: 110649.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 10/25/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1357709.015	11/02/2018		238350	Rnr Carpentry, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on October 25, 2018, an employee and coworker constructed a makeshift scaffold using two inch by six foot boards nailed to a window jam to support a twelve inch plank board for a working surface while working on the facsia of a single family home. At some point, the nails pulled away from the window jam and the scaffold collapsed. The employee fell seventeen feet and was hospitalized for a broken back. The coworker stopped his fall by grabbing onto decorative wood rafters and was able to climb into a second floor window.

Keywords: Back, Carpenter, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1357709.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: 17 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
2	1357709.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: 17 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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