Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121178.015 - Employee inures neck and back in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 121178.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 09/26/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1441078.015	10/29/2019		238310	Superior Contracting Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on September 26, 201, an employee was using a nail gun to hammer nails into a concrete wall when he pushed the nail gun against the wall, the scaffolding he was standing on tilted and he lost his balance. The employee tried to regain his balance but fell forward between the wall and the scaffolding to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized to treat injuries to the vertebrae in his neck and back.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Lost Balance, Nail gun, Neck, Scaffold, Vertebra, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1441078.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: 4 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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