Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122542.015 - Employee sustains multiple fractures in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 122542.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1416823.015	07/19/2019		238320	Mb Coatings, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:07 p.m. on June 29, 2019, Employee #1 and his foreman/coworker were engaged in interior painting at a commercial building. Employee #1 was removing the T-bars from the ceiling of an office room while standing on the platform of a rolling scaffold, NU-WAVE Scaffolding System. The foreman was cleaning and removing the metal parts from the room. As the foreman was pulling the metal parts, a piece of metal became stuck in the wheel of the scaffold and pulled the scaffold, which did not have its wheels locked. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor, a fall height of 7 feet. Employee #1 required hospitalization and treatment for fractures to his left upper arm, left wrist, and left side ribs.

Keywords: Arm, Ceiling, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Locking Pins, Lost Balance, Metal, Mobile Scaffold, Paint, Rib, Struck Against, Unstable Position, Wheel, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1416823.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause:

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