Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127845.015 - Employee broke legs in fall off scaffold during masonry work

Accident Summary Nr: 127845.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 07/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1483867.015	07/17/2020		238140	Tst Construction Services, Llc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on July 13, 2020, an employee working as a mason for a masonry contractor was attempting to climb down a scaffold. The employee fell 10 to 12 feet from the scaffold and struck the ground and a pallet below. The employee was hospitalized to treat broken bones in his legs.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Commercial Building, Construction, Descending, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Lost Balance, Mason, Masonry, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Scaffold, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1483867.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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