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Accident Summary Nr: 117014.015 - Employee receives wrist and spine fractures, and kidney inju

Accident Summary Nr: 117014.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1403711.015	04/18/2019		236115	Rmg Engineering, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on March 8, 2019, an employee worked from a scaffold to separate wood from a wall form. The employee stood on top of the scaffold guardrail to reach the top of the wall, lost balance and fell approximately fifteen feet. The employee was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where the employee was hospitalized for six days to treat fractures to the spine and wrist and internal bleeding from the kidney.

Keywords: Emergency Response, Fall, Fall Protection, Form work, Fracture, Guardrail, Kidney, Lost Balance, Scaffold, Spine, Wood Board, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair			4	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1403711.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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