Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112490.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and breaks foot and vertebrae

Accident Summary Nr: 112490.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 01/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1370606.015	01/11/2019		238160	Command Roofing Co.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on January 9, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was working at a commercial building project. She was climbing down the scaffold to take a work break when she heard something fall. She climbed back up the scaffold. When the employee reached for the end gate on the top of the scaffold, it lifted up and detached from the scaffold due to inadequate retaining pins. The employee hung on momentarily and then fell. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a fractured foot and fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: Climbing, Construction, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Pin, Roof, Roofer, Scaffold, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1370606.015	51	F	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers

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