Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124263.015 - Employee falls while disassembling scaffold, fractures wrist

Accident Summary Nr: 124263.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 02/21/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1465080.015	02/25/2020		238130	Dan Waibel Designer Builder, Llc

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on February 21, 2020, an employee, working for a building construction contractor, was removing a 24 foot long aluminum scaffold platform from a wall bracket scaffold while working from an elevated work platform equipped with a steel guardrail system. The elevated work platform was lifted on the forks of a Caterpillar Model TH-63 Telehandler Forklift. The employee slid the 24 foot aluminum scaffold platform from the wall bracket onto the top of the guardrail, the scaffold platform pivoted on the guardrail, and the employee fell 12 feet to the ground below while holding onto the scaffold platform. The employee was hospitalized and treated for a concussion along with bone fractures to the hip, wrist, and ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Concussion, Disassemble, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Guardrail, Hip, Scaffold, Wrist

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1465080.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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