Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170153084 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170153084 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/19/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112112420	12/19/1990	1521	0	Stewart & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: On his first day on the job, Employee #1 was throwing miscellaneous lumber and debris from a second floor scaffold into a dumpster. He threw a large piece of wood over his shoulder and toward the dumpster. A protruding nail caught the back of his shirt at the left shoulder, and he was carried with the lumber through the cross-braced section of the scaffold. He fell 15 1/2 ft to the ground and sustained a broken left ankle, a scalp laceration, and a badly injured left hip.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SCALP, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, HIP, ANKLE, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112112420			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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