Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144951.015 - Employee incurs head, shoulder injuries when struck by post

Accident Summary Nr: 144951.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 11/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1561383.015	11/02/2021		236220	Lion Power Builders Inc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on November 1, 2021, an employee was working with coworkers erecting a scaffold. The employee passed a SVP-10 (10 foot long vertical post) from the ground to coworkers on the scaffold. Once the SVP-10 reached the top, the coworkers grabbed the SVP-10 by the leg from the coupling pin. The pin was not secured properly to the leg and the SVP-10 fell approximately 30 feet. On the way down the SVP-10 struck a plywood wall protecting a crane. The SVP-10 was then deflected from the plywood, falling and bouncing on the ground and striking the employee in the upper body. The employee incurred head and shoulder fractures, punctures and lacerations, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Construction, Erection Process, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Metal Pole, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Plywood, Puncture, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Shoulder, Struck By, Unstable Load

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1561383.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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