Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170701585 - Employee fractures leg in fall when pick breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 170701585 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/01/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125911875	04/14/1998	1742	0	Crowther Prentiss Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were situated on a manufactured plank (a pick), along with drywall they were installing. One end of the pick was supported on the rung of a ladder; the other end was resting on another pick that was supported on both ends by the rungs of ladders. The pick on which the first pick was resting, broke and all three workers fell 13 ft onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 fractured his right tibia; the two coworkers were not injured.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TIBIA, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

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	2	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125911875			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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