Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117934.015 - Employee sustains concussion in fall from unsecured scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 117934.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1415196.015	07/15/2019		238350	Jsw Of Palm Beach, Inc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on July 11, 2019, an employee working as a carpenter for a trim carpentry contractor was installing wooden stucco grounds (dead wood) onto the ceiling from a baker's scaffold. The casters of the scaffold were not locked. The scaffold shifted and one of the caster rolled off the concrete onto soil. This caused the scaffold to shift and tilt slightly resulting in the employee falling off the scaffold. The employee fell to the concrete floor approximately 4 feet below. The employee lacerated the back of his head and sustained a possible concussion requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carpenter, Caster, Commercial Building, Concrete, Concussion, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Mobile Scaffold, Pavement, Safety Device, Scaffold, Scaffolding, Unsecured, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1415196.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 4 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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