Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170052724 - Employee fractures wrist in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170052724 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 12/19/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115615551	12/19/1993	1741	0	Moon Masonry

Abstract: At approximately 12:10 p.m. on December 19, 1993, Employee #1, the company's owner, had completed erecting a masonry wall for a room addition on a residential house. He and his assistant were dismantling the 28 foot long, 10 foot high, 5 foot wide tubular welded frame scaffold. After removing the guardrails, Employee #1 remembered that he had left his trowel on the scaffold platform. He climbed the scaffold frame to retrieve the trowel and fell from the platform to the concrete surface below, fracturing both wrists and suffering a concussion.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CONCUSSION, UNGUARDED, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115615551			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons

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