Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142617.015 - Two employees fall from scaffold and receive fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 142617.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 01/07/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1571801.015	01/11/2022		238140	Di Franco Masonry Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on January 7, 2022, Employee #1 and Employee #2 worked from a scaffold to install precast chimney caps on a new chimney. Both employees were working on the same deck and were raising a chimney cap (weighing approximately eighty pounds) when the scaffold plank failed and both employees fell approximately twenty-eight feet. Employee #1 received a leg fracture and Employee #2 received rib fractures. Both employees were taken to the hospital and admitted for treatment.

Keywords: Chimney, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Installing, Leg, Plank, Rib, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1571801.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 28 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 28 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:
2	1571801.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 28 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 28 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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