Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121794.015 - Employee fractures spine in fall through unsecured scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 121794.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 10/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1438500.015	10/15/2019		238310	Meca Builders, Inc

Abstract: At 4:58 p.m. on October 10, 2019, an employee was working an installer for a drywall subcontractor. The employee was working with a coworker on the 3rd floor of a commercial building. The employee and coworker each had their own 6-foot high rolling scaffold. The employee was in the process of securing a piece of 18-inch by 12-foot long sheetrock onto the 13-foot high ceiling. The employee was turning slightly to reach for his screw gun causing the plywood platform he was standing on to twist along with him. The unsecured platform slipped off the ledge and fell through the scaffold causing the employee to fall along with it to the concrete floor. The platform had not been secured despite the scaffold being equipped with spring-loaded clips designed to secure the platform. The employee fractured his 5th and 6th disc of his spine and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Commercial Building, Construction, Drywall, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Installing, Mobile Scaffold, Rolling, Scaffold, Sheetrock, Unsecured, Unsecured Panel, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		New project or new addition				13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1438500.015	42	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 3 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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