Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123811.015 - Employee sustains fractures in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 123811.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 08/13/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1434959.015	08/13/2019		238990	Banton Scaffold, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:31 a.m. on August 13, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a scaffold contractor, was working at the site of two new two-story multifamily residential buildings. Both buildings were surrounded by 4-story scaffolding. The General Contractor had removed tie backs and cross bracing from one scaffold in order to install corrugated metal siding. This scaffold was no longer needed. Employee #1 was re-installing cross bracing from the bottom level up, so that the scaffold then could be safely dismantled. The scaffold began to collapse, and the employee fell 15 feet to ground level. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of fractures to the pelvis and lower spine (vertebra).

Keywords: Bracing, Dismantling, Erection Process, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Installing, Pelvis, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Siding, Structural Collapse, Tie Wire, Unstable Position, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1434959.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 15 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause:

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