Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117500.015 - Employee breaks wrist, elbow in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 117500.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 06/07/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1411708.015	06/12/2019		238350	R & T Trim Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was engaged in interior carpentry work at a one-story residence. After making adjustments to a baker scaffold, he began to climb up the scaffold. The scaffold began to shift, and the employee fell, a fall height of 7 feet. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of fractures to a wrist and elbows.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Elbow, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Load Shift, Mobile Scaffold, Residential Construction, Unstable Position, Work Surface, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1	7

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1411708.015	54	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 7 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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