Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114610.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and fractures ribs

Accident Summary Nr: 114610.015 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 11/13/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1361586.015	11/20/2018		236220	S.R. Freeman, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on November 13, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a residential construction project, a new two-story building. He was working from a scaffold when he leaned on the scaffold railing. The railing was not properly secured at its connection. The railing gave way, and the employee fell. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of multiple fractured ribs.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Residential Construction, Rib, Scaffold, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
					2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1361586.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters

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