Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132673.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and breaks arm

Accident Summary Nr: 132673.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 11/19/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1509064.015	11/19/2020		238120	American Aerial Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on November 19, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working on the second tier of a scaffold attempting to raise a steel support beam with a rope. While leaning over the mid-rail, one end of the mid-rail came off, causing the employee to fall to a lower level, landing on the roof. The employee sustained a broken arm from the fall. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Arm, Broken, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Roof, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1509064.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work Fatality Cause:

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