Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121514.015 - Employee breaks neck in fall working from scaffold railing

Accident Summary Nr: 121514.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 11/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1443692.015	11/06/2019		236220	S D S Builders Inc.

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on November 4, 2019, an employee working for a commercial building contractor was cutting form work with a saw. The employee climbed onto a scaffold handrail when the handrail broke. The employee fell to the ground and broken his neck, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Construction, Cutting, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Form work, Forming, Fracture, Handrail, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Unstable Position

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1443692.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 14 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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