Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145390.015 - Employee loses balance, falls from scaffold, and receives hi

Accident Summary Nr: 145390.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 02/25/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1589641.015	04/14/2022		236220	Paul Risk Construction

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on February 25, 2022, an employee finished the top plate of a wall. As the employee attempted to pull back the plate over some anchor bolts with the claw hammer, the hammer slipped, and the employee lost balance and fell approximately twenty feet from a scaffold. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to the left hip and back.

Keywords: Anchor, Back, Bolt, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hammer , Hip, Lost Balance, Pulling, Scaffold, Slip, Top Plate

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1589641.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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