Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124468.015 - Employee incurs heel and lumbar fractures in fall from scaff

Accident Summary Nr: 124468.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1434240.015	09/27/2019		236115	Panda Brothers Construction

Abstract: At 12:40 p.m. on September 5, 2019, Employee #1, a finish carpenter, was installing crown molding in the lower part of a sloped ceiling and a wall for a two-story residential remodeling project. He was working from a rolling scaffold that had no railings installed and was approximately 12 to 14 inches away from the wall. The employee lost balance and fell into the space between the scaffold and the wall, a fall height of 12 feet. The employee required hospitalization for treatment of a fractured right heel bone and a lumbar (lower back) compression fracture.

Keywords: Back, Carpenter, Fall, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Guardrail, Installing, Lost Balance, Mobile Scaffold, Rehabilitation, Renovation, Residential Construction, Unguarded, Unprotected, Vertebra, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1434240.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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