Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200774685 - Employee Injured in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200774685 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/20/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310746508	03/20/2007	1521	236118	A. Jussaume Builders, Inc.

Abstract: On March 20, 2007, Employee #1 was working from a carpenter's bracket scaffold during construction of a second floor addition. The day was windy and he was handling a sheet of plywood, without any form of fall protection (guardrails, personal fall protection), when he fell 16 feet from the scaffold. He was hospitalized with a severe concussion, head laceration, and a fractured wrist/hand.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, HIGH WIND, CONSTRUCTION, WOOD PANEL, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310746508			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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