Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116296.015 - Employee falls from unguarded scaffold, injures head, breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 116296.015 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 03/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1388191.015	03/25/2019		238140	Cifarelli Masonry

Abstract: At 12:35 p.m. on March 25, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a masonry contractor, was engaged in exterior masonry work during construction of a new two-story residential structure. He was working from the fifth level of a fabricated scaffold that was not equipped with a guardrail when he fell, a fall height of 30 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for injuries that included a head laceration and fractures to his shoulder and arm.

Keywords: Arm, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Head, Laceration, Masonry Wall, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Shoulder, Unguarded, Unprotected

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1388191.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, sculptors, craft-artists & printmakers	Distance of Fall: 30 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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