Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118643.015 - Employee fractures skull in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 118643.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 03/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1391431.015	04/08/2019		236115	Davis Plastering Inc

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on March 14, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a plastering contractor, was doing plastering repair work at a one-story residential structure. He was working from a four-foot scaffold and looking up at the ceiling when he inadvertently walked off the scaffold, which lacked guardrails. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a fractured skull, fractures to the face, and a concussion.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Ceiling, Concussion, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Plaster, Rehabilitation, Repair, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Skull, Unguarded, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1391431.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Plasterers	Distance of Fall: 4 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause:

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