Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118672.015 - Employee sustains facial fractures in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 118672.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 06/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1408583.015	06/11/2019		238310	Dwayne Anthony Wedge

Abstract: At 3:10 p.m. on June 10, 2019, Employee #1 was installing interior drywall for a commercial building. He was working from a rolling scaffold that was double stacked as he installed drywall on the upper portion of a wall. The scaffolding had no guardrails installed, no outriggers were used, and the scaffolding was not tied or otherwise secured. The employee fell, a fall height of 11 feet. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of multiple facial fractures.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Construction, Drywall, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Installing, Mobile Scaffold, Outrigger, Unguarded, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1408583.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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