Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200773497 - Employee Falls From Scaffold And Is Injured

Accident Summary Nr: 200773497 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 06/15/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306102088	06/15/2004	1751	238130	Admiral Drywall, Inc.

Abstract: A crew of employees was installing sheetrock from a tubular welded scaffold; one employee would pass the sheet from the ground level to Employee #1 on the first tower section then Employee #1 would pass it to another employee who was situated on the fourth tower section. When the employee in the fourth tower section went to screw the sheet into the wall holding the sheet against the wall with his knee, the sheet inadvertently slipped and fell. The sheet landed on the first tower section planking and displaced one of the two planks that Employee #1 was standing on and Employee #1 fell between the planks and sustained injuries. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, FALL, FALLING OBJECT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	6	7

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306102088			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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