Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 143452.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and receives leg fracture

Accident Summary Nr: 143452.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 12/07/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1567919.015	12/09/2021		238140	Purbaugh Masonry Inc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on December 7, 2021, an employee climbed the access ladder to a hydro-mobile scaffold. As the employee attempted to transition from the access ladder to the platform, the employee became distracted, lost grip on the ladder, and fell approximately twenty feet. The employee was hospitalized to treat a leg fracture.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Broken Bone, Climbing on Ladder, Distracted, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Leg, Lost Control, Platform, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1567919.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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