Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133216.015 - Employee sustains fractures in fall when scaffold is struck

Accident Summary Nr: 133216.015 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 02/08/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1514021.015	02/10/2021		562910	Sgtr Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on February 8, 2021, an employee working for a company that provides remediation services was performing demolition on a commercial building. The employee was breaking the connection that suspended a section of industrial ductwork being demolished. The section of ductwork was partially removed and was suspended toward the center by hardware that hung from a steel beam. One end had been cut free, and the other end was suspended by a rope that was tied around the free end. The rope then passed through the ladder truss above and forward of the hard connection. When the employee struck the hard connection to break it, the section of duct fell supported only by the rope. This caused the section to fall down and forward striking the employee and the scaffolding from which he was working. The scaffold overturned with the employee and fell to the concrete deck. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken right arm, chipped right elbow, and a contusion and laceration to his mouth, with possible dental damage, requiring stitches.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Commercial Building, Concrete Surface, Contusion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Demolish, Demolition, Duct, Elbow, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Flying Object, Fracture, Hammer , Hand Tool, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Hoistline, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Mouth, Overturn, Person, Removal, Removing, Rope, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Scaffolding, Suture, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1514021.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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