Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128950.015 - Employee lacerates head, arms in fall off ladder on scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 128950.015 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 08/15/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1489797.015	08/25/2020		236220	Mccarthy Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on August 15, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer for a commercial building contractor was installing drywall. The employee was using an A-frame ladder in the closed position on top of a rolling scaffold when he fell to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized to treat lacerations to his head and arms.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Construction, Drywall, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Laborer, Laceration, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Scaffold, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				7

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1489797.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 7 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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