Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131082.015 - Employee fractures vertebrae in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 131082.015 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 10/21/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1502402.015	11/02/2020		339950	Dave Couch Signs, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:34 p.m. on October 21, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer sign manufacturer was standing on a scaffold waiting for a coworker to hand him a section of sign to install on the building wall. A gust of wind blew struck the employee causing him to lose his balance and fall between the scaffold and the wall of the building striking the ground below. The employee sustained head, back and neck injuries and fractured his C-5 vertebrae, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Head, High Wind, Laborer, Lost Balance, Neck, Planking, Safety Device, Scaffold, Scaffolding, Training, Unsecured, Walking Surface, Weather, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation				10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1502402.015	69	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause:

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