Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130395.015 - Employee fractures ankle in fall from defective scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 130395.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 10/03/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1497687.015	10/15/2020		236118	Fp Property Repairs, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on October 3, 2020, an employee working as a carpenter for a residential remodeler was installing siding on the side of the house. The employee was standing on a scaffold ladder supported by a wood plank between 4 and 5 feet above the ground. The wood plant broke in half at a knot causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Broken, Carpenter, Competent Person, Construction, Defect, Defective, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Ground, Inspection, Installing, Ladder, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Plank, Planking, Remodel, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Siding, Wood, Wood Board, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair			1	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1497687.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 4 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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