Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111438.015 - Employee falls from mobile scaffold, sustains multiple fract

Accident Summary Nr: 111438.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 11/15/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1363369.015	11/30/2018		238310	Caliber Interiors Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on November 15, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a drywall and painting company, was working at a construction project for a new multifamily residential structure. He was working from a rolling scaffold, although he had not been properly trained in safe use of scaffolds. As he checked installed drywall, taping and touching up with compound, he fell, a fall height of 6 feet. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for multiple fractures to his wrist and skull, and bleeding in his inner ear. The employee was hospitalized for six days.

Keywords: Drywall, Ear, Fracture, Head, Hemorrhage, Mobile Scaffold, Residential Construction, Untrained, Wrist

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1363369.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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