Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125667.015 - Employee sustains back, head injuries in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 125667.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1446445.015	11/04/2019		238310	Extreme Plastering, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on November 4, 2019, an employee working as a construction laborer for a drywall and insulation contractor was securing a metal lathe onto a structure. The employee was securing the lathe with screws when a screw broke causing the employee to fall approximately 12 feet onto dirt and concrete. The employee lacerated his scalp and fractured his clavicle and the T10 and T12 vertebrae in his spine, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Commercial Building, Concrete, Concussion, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Laceration, Lathe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Plaster, Scalp, Screw, Shoulder, Spine, Vertebra, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1446445.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause:

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