Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132334.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and injures kidney

Accident Summary Nr: 132334.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 01/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1509712.015	01/12/2021		238310	Topbuild Corporation

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on January 7, 2021, Employee #1, employed by a drywall and insulation contractor, was installing insulation for a one-story residential structure. He was working from a scaffold when he stepped backward and fell, a fall height of 6 feet. The employee was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a bruised kidney.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Fall, Fall Protection, Installing, Kidney, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Thermal Insulation, Unguarded, Walking Backward

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1509712.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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