Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113688.015 - Employee falls from elevated platform and receives multiple

Accident Summary Nr: 113688.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1372702.015	01/22/2019		238130	Torres General Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on August 20, 2018, an employee worked to frame a multi-story wood building. The employee stood on an elevated platform located between two columns and a metal frame scaffold. At some point, the employee fell approximately twenty feet off the platform. The employee received rib fractures and unspecified injuries to head and knee. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of the injuries to include surgery for the knee.

Keywords: Column, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Frame, Framing, Head, Knee, Raised platform, Rib, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			8	85

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1372702.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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