Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200880987 - Employee Suffers Fractures in Fall from Unguarded Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200880987 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 03/25/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307690495	03/28/2005	1761	238160	Von Kensinger Roofing

Abstract: Employee #1 was engaged in residential roofing work. Employee #1 was working from a top- plate bracket-scaffold installing the first row of asphalt shingles on the roof of a new house. The scaffold platform was 8 ft above the ground. The platform of scaffold was 12-in. wide and 16 ft long. There were no guardrails or other fall protection methods in use. Employee #1 fell from the scaffold. Employee #1 suffered one crushed and one fractured vertebra, a broken clavicle, two dislocated fingers, and a severe laceration to the head. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, CRUSHED, DISLOCATED, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, VERTEBRA, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307690495			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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