Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200082485 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200082485 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 12/22/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308275957	12/22/2005	1741	238140	Viking Masonry

Abstract: Employee #1, the owner of Viking Masonry, was extending a chimney on a single-family residence by approximately 7 feet. The residence was undergoing major renovation and the chimney was being extended to meet local building codes. He was using a three-section fabricated steel scaffold, which was approximately 21 feet high. He had a 2-foot by 8-foot plank with one end resting on the roof and the other end resting on the middle section of the scaffold, and was using the plank to access the roof. After completing the chimney extension and cleaning the roof, he transferred from the roof to the scaffold. During the transfer, he lost his footing and fell approximately 15 feet. He was hospitalized with a fracture. Further investigation revealed that the neither the scaffold nor the plank had a proper guardrail system.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE, CHIMNEY, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2	21

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308275957			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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