Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171055619 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold plank

Accident Summary Nr: 171055619 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 10/11/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126778497	10/14/1997	1521	0	Anderson Homes

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on October 11, 1997, Employee #1 was draping polyethylene plastic over a scaffold as cover from the rain so that he could do masonry work at a residential construction site. He slipped off the scaffold plank and fell 17 ft to the ground, sustaining multiple fractures. The plank was wet due to the rainy weather.

Keywords: STORM, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SLIPPERY SURFACE, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, 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	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126778497			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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