Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113886.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and sustains multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 113886.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 10/29/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1368593.015	12/13/2018		238130	Fromer Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on October 29, 2018, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a framing construction contractor, were working on the construction of a four-story multifamily residential structure. Employee #1 and two coworkers were moving pieces of plywood measuring 4 feet by 8 feet from a fourth floor balcony onto the scaffold work platform Employee #1 was standing on below the balcony. As Employee #1 moved the tenth piece of plywood, it slipped from his hands. As he struggled to prevent the plywood from falling down through the gap between the scaffold and the building, Employee #1 fell from the scaffold work platform to the third floor balcony, a fall height of 6 feet. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of multiple fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.

Keywords: Balcony, Collapsed lung, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Material Handling, Plywood, Residential Construction, Rib, Scaffold, Work Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1368593.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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