Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122280.015 - Employee sustains head trauma in fall off unguarded scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 122280.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 11/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1449272.015	12/03/2019		238310	Jose Luis Martinez Crespo

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on November 4, 2019, an employee was working as a drywall installer for a drywall contractor on a residential construction project. The employee was working from a 14-foot-4-inch high unguarded scaffold platform. He was applying drywall compound from a mud tray to seams with a drywall knife on an extension rod when he fell to the floor below. The employee sustained a concussion followed by prolonged coma and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Construction, Drywall, Extension Handle, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Loss of consciousness, Residential Construction, Safety Device, Scaffold, Scaffolding, Unconsciousness, Unguarded, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1449272.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 14 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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