Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 146259.015 - Employee lacerates head in fall from scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 146259.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 05/23/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1595787.015	05/13/2022		238140	Chester Anderson & Sons Inc

Abstract: At 12:00 noon on May 23, 2022, an employee climbed the extension ladder in order to gain access to the hydro mobile scaffolding. While working from the unguarded scaffolding the employee fell approximately ten feet and struck his head on a railing below the scaffolding. The employee suffered no brain injury or concussion; however, he was hospitalized and required seven staples to close the laceration on the back of his head.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Guardrail, Head, Laceration, Mobile Scaffold, Skull, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1595787.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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