Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200771541 - Employee injured after falling from tubular welded scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200771541 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 01/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303810071	01/24/2002	1521	0	Anthony Demarco

Abstract: On January 18, 2002, Employee #1 and coworkers were erecting a roof ridge joist and standing on top of a partially-planked tubular welded scaffolding three sections high. Planking was approximately 18 ft above floor level. While Employee #1 was holding onto a pneumatic nailer and trying to pull the ridge joist toward the gable end wall and pulling the gable wall toward the ridge joist, his feet slipped on the damp plank and he fell 18 ft. While falling, Employee #1 hit a "spring" board attached to an exterior wall. He suffered a dislocated right shoulder, lacerations on his left hand, and a fracture of the right pelvis. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, CARPENTER, PELVIS, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303810071			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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