Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118613.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and fractures rib

Accident Summary Nr: 118613.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 03/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1387252.015	04/19/2019		238160	L.D.K. Contractors, L.L.C.

Abstract: On March 21, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a roofing contractor, was engaged in roofing activity at a single family residence. He was working from a ladder jack scaffold when the scaffold broke. The employee fell, a fall height of 11 feet, and struck the concrete surface. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a fractured rib.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Elevated Work Platform, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ladder Jack Scaffold, Rehabilitation, Repair, Residential Construction, Rib, Roof, Roofer, Struck Against, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1387252.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers: Helpers	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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