Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119593.015 - Employee fractures ankle in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 119593.015 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 09/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428540.015	09/05/2019		238140	Richards Masonry Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on September 5, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a masonry contractor, was engaged in construction activity for a two-story commercial building. He was working from a scaffold and grouting a wall composed of concrete masonry units. The scaffold plank the employee was standing on was dry rotted and broke. The employee fell, a fall height of 20 feet. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a fractured ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Construction, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Masonry Wall, Plank, Scaffold, Structural Collapse, 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	1428540.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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