Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120897.015 - Employee breaks collarbone and ribs in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 120897.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 10/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1439124.015	10/16/2019		236220	Hl Commercial Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on October 14, 2019, an employee working as a construction laborer for a commercial building contractor was fire taping and fire caulking a demising wall. The employee was standing on a bakers scaffold which moved due to the wheels not being properly locked. The employee fell and broke his collarbone and ribs on the concrete floor, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Collarbone, Commercial Building, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Laborer, Locking Pins, Rib, Safety Device, Scaffold, Unsecured, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1439124.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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