Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 146275.015 - Employee fractures vertebrae in fall from defective scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 146275.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 12/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1569939.015	12/21/2021		336611	Vt Halter Marine, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on December 15, 2021, an employee was attempting to set up air and electric hoses to start welding on a ship. The employee was exiting a manhole onto a scaffold to remove the hoses in order to place them in another work area. The scaffold was missing planks and was tagged out of service. When the employee stepped onto the scaffold, he fell onto the walking surface of the ship. The employee fractured his vertebrae and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Boat, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Manhole, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Plank, Planking, Scaffold, Ship, Shipyard, Vertebra, Walking Surface, Welder

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1569939.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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