Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122295.015 - Employee fractures hip, arm in fall from defective scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 122295.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 07/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1414060.015	07/09/2019		238310	Complete Plastering Inc.

Abstract: At 9:50 a.m. on July 9, 2019, an employee working for a drywall and insulation contractor was working on a scaffold applying exterior stucco/plastering to the side of a new multi-unit residential dwelling. The employee placed his hand on the top rail of the scaffold when one side of the rail became detached. The employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a right humeral shaft spiral fracture and a left greater trochanteric fracture, requiring hospitalization and orthopedic surgery.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Competent Person, Construction, Contusion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forearm, Fracture, Guardrail, Hip, Inspection, Installing, Leg, Plaster, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Shoulder Bone

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1414060.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Plasterers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause:

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