Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131177.015 - Employee fractures ankle in fall through collapsed scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 131177.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 08/31/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1490717.015	09/01/2020		238140	Caretti, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on August 31, 2020, an employee working as a mason for a masonry contractor was walking across scaffold planks. The planks collapsed causing the employee to fall to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collapse, Commercial Building, Competent Person, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Mason, Masonry, Plank, Planking, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Unsafe Position, Walking On Plank, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1490717.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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