Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115225.015 - Employee incurs fractures in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 115225.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 04/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1392041.015	04/10/2019		238140	W. W. Bartlett, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on April 8, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was installing burnished rock on the exterior wall of a new 13-story commercial building. He was working from a scaffold. As he stepped on an unsupported overlap of work platforms, he fell, a fall height of approximately 6 feet. A 100-pound burnished rock also fell and struck the employee's leg. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of multiple fractures to his left leg and ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Construction, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Installing, Leg, Rock, Scaffold, Struck By, Unsecured, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1392041.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause:

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