Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111413.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and fractures eye socket and wr

Accident Summary Nr: 111413.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/19/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1363073.015	11/30/2018		238140	Forrest & Associates Inc.

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on November 19, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a masonry construction company, was engaged in exterior masonry work at a multi-employer construction project, a commercial building. He was working from the hop plank at the end of the scaffold and washing down bricks when he fell, a fall height of 10 to 12 feet. A side/end bracket located at the end of the hop plank that was acting as a guardrail was found on the ground next to the employee. The employee was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a fractured eye socket, two fractured wrists, and a contusion to the chest.

Keywords: Chest, Cleaning, Construction, Contusion, Eye, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Installing, Masonry Wall, Plank, Scaffold, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1363073.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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