Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170825608 - Employee injures back in fall from tower scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170825608 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/20/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302481361	03/20/1999	1741	0	Nicholson Masonry And Improvements, Inc.

Abstract: Before 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 20, 1999, Employee #1, of Nicholson Masonry and Improvements, Inc., and five coworkers were lowering an adjustable tower scaffold. Employee #1 tripped on a piece of wire on the scaffold walkway and fell approximately 20 ft to the cement ground. He sustained back injuries, including a fractured L3 vertebra, and was flown to Shock-Trauma. The scaffold did not have any guardrails, and there was wire debris on the walking surface. There were no witnesses to the Employee #1's fall.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, HOUSEKEEPING, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302481361			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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