Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170121578 - Employee dies from ruptured spleen sustained in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 170121578 -- Report ID: 0453720 -- Event Date: 05/18/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111156253	05/31/1995	1741	0	Grubbs Masonry

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on May 18, 1995, Employee #1, a mason's assistant at the job site for the construction of a private residence, was disassembling a single buck scaffold. He was removing the planking from the scaffold work area when he fell approximately 3 feet, striking his stomach against the top cross member of the scaffold and rupturing his spleen. Employee #1 was transported by private vehicle to the hospital, where surgery was performed to remove his spleen. Hemorrhagic shock set in, causing disseminated intravascular clotting that prevented his blood from clotting. At 12:07 a.m. on May 19, 1995, Employee #1 hemorrhaged to death. There were no witness to the accident.

Keywords: BLOOD CLOT, SPLEEN, DISMANTLING, LOSS OF BLOOD, HEMORRHAGE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, RUPTURE, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111156253			Fatality	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices

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