Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170616882 - Employee fractures spine when scaffold plank collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170616882 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/30/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119975480	09/23/1998	1521	0	Excel Contractors, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on April 30, 1998, Employee #1, of Excel Contracting, Inc., was working from a scaffold plank when the hook securing the plank broke, causing the plank and Employee #1 to fall approximately 10 ft to the ground. He suffered a lumbar compression fracture and was taken by ambulance to Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, CA, where he was admitted for treatment.

Keywords: ATTACHMENT HOOK, FRACTURE, SPINE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BACK, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119975480			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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