Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118508.015 - Employee injures shoulder and ruptures spleen in fall from s

Accident Summary Nr: 118508.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 07/31/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1419848.015	08/01/2019		238990	Rolling Plains Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on July 31, 2019, Employee #1 was working from a scaffold inside a new commercial building and spraying sound insulation onto the ceiling. The employee reached out to spray the ceiling, lost his balance, and fell, a fall height of 3.3 feet. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a ruptured spleen and a shoulder injury.

Keywords: Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Installing, Insulation, Lost Balance, Reaching, Rupture, Scaffold, Shoulder, Spleen, Spraying Rig

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1419848.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Insulation Workers	Distance of Fall: 3 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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