Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200741445 - Employee is injured after falling from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200741445 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 10/13/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305791402	10/14/2003	1741	238140	Ganem Contracting Corp.

Abstract: On October 13, 2003, an employee and a coworker were working from a two-point suspended scaffold system pointing brick on the face of the building. The anchor pin holding the motor to the pic slid out, causing one end of the scaffold system to fall. The employee and the coworker had repositioned the scaffold to sweep concrete debris from a ledge 30 ft above ground when the accident occurred. Although they were provided with independent life lines, the employee was not tied off. The scaffold pic was 28-in. wide and 30-ft in length so that the injured employee most likely rode the pic to the ground which some what limited his injuries. The employee was hospitalized and treated for fractured vertebrae, rib and femur.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SUSPENDED LOAD, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, FALL, VERTEBRA, LEG, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over	34

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305791402			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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