Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116588.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 116588.015 -- Report ID: 0317300 -- Event Date: 05/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1402620.015	05/24/2019		238140	L. Wilson Masonry Inc.

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on May 10, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a masonry contractor, was working from a scaffold at the site of a new commercial building. He removed the scaffold's guardrails and toeboards to unload masonry material and then, after replacing the guardrails but not the toeboards, he began mixing mortar in a mortar pan. As he worked, the employee stepped back, lost balance, and his feet slipped under the guardrail. He fell at least 20 feet, striking the scaffold decking/planking as he fell. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a 5 percent collapsed lung, fractured vertebrae, and bleeding from the skull.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Collapsed lung, Construction, Decking, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Hemorrhage, Lost Balance, Planking, Scaffold, Skull, Slip, Struck Against, Unguarded, Vertebra, Walking Backward, Walking On Plank, Work Rules

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1402620.015	20	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 25 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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