Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117448.015 - Employee injures back and head in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 117448.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 06/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1411220.015	06/26/2019		236210	Performance Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on June 22, 2019, Employee #1 and two coworkers, employed by a construction company, were working from a scaffold at a refinery. They planned to attach a support beam in place. To accomplish this, Employee #1 needed to move to the other side of the support beam. Employee #1 moved underneath the beam, lost his balance, and fell approximately 9 feet to the concrete surface. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of injuries to the back and head.

Keywords: Back, Beam, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Lost Balance, Scaffold

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1411220.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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