Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123091.015 - Employee falls from rolling scaffold, receives skull and ver

Accident Summary Nr: 123091.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/20/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1419750.015	08/01/2019		238310	M S C Commercial And Residental Metal Stud Framing Drywall Tape Texture Inc

Abstract: At 1:10 p.m. on July 20, 2019, an employee worked from a rolling "Perry" scaffold (twenty-nine inches wide by six-foot long by six-foot high) to apply drywall repair putty to cover nails around a nine-foot-high window. At some point, the employee stepped backward and fell approximately six feet from the scaffold. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to the back of the skull and vertebrae.

Keywords: Drywall, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Mobile Scaffold, Scaffold, Skull, Vertebra, Walking Backward

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1419750.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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