Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170627269 - Employee Suffers Multiple Fractures in Fall from a Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170627269 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/25/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119919876	08/01/2012	1751	238350	Performance Contracting Inc

Abstract: On July 25, 2012, Employee #1 was working on a rolling scaffold placing ceiling tiles. The employee stepped off the edge of the scaffold and fell from a height of 4 to 5 ft. The employee was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for fractures consisting of a broken left pelvis and multiple broken ribs. Employee #1 remains hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROLLER--CONST EQUIP, CEILING, PELVIS, RIB, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119919876			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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