Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113087.015 - Employee receives hip fracture in fall from mobile scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 113087.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 01/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1374658.015	01/18/2019		238130	T. Palma Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on January 15, 2019, an employee worked to install metal framing for a drop ceiling while standing on a six-foot scaffold. At some point, the employee attempted to move the scaffold, while still standing on it, to reach the next fastener on the ceiling. While doing so, one of the scaffold wheels fell into a four-inch, uncovered ditch and tipped over. The employee then fell approximately six feet off the scaffold and was hospitalized to treat a fractured left hip.

Keywords: Ceiling, Ditch, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Installing, Mobile Scaffold, Overturn, Scaffold

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1374658.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause:

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