Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200820173 - Employee injured in fall between scaffold and building

Accident Summary Nr: 200820173 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 11/16/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300591211	11/16/1998	1741	0	Masonry Structures, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was at the second level on a Waco welded-frame scaffold, each section of which was 6 1/2 ft tall. He was bumping up a plank to a height of 19 1/2 ft when he fell under the cross-bracing into the 26 in. wide space between the scaffold and the building, dropping 13 ft to the ground. He suffered a fractured finger and fractured vertebrae in his neck and back. No midrail was provided. The X of the cross-bracing was approximately 48 in. high.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, BRACING, MIDRAIL, VERTEBRA, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR 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	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300591211			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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