Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116386.015 - Employee injures ribs, knee in fall while plastering buildin

Accident Summary Nr: 116386.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/27/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1402103.015	05/20/2019		238310	Raymond - San Diego, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on April 27, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction contractor, was applying plaster to the exterior wall of a new eight-story commercial building. He was working from the outdoor deck area at level five. The employee attempted to reach through the deck's wood guard rails, between the top rail and the mid rail. He over-reached and lost balance, falling between the top rail and the mid-rail to the fourth level and striking a mobile scaffold and the lower level's concrete deck, a fall height of approximately 12 feet. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of injuries to his ribs and knee.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Construction, Deck, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Installing, Knee, Lost Balance, Mobile Scaffold, Plaster, Rib, Struck Against, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1402103.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause:

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