Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200901973 - Employee's Spine Is Fractured in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200901973 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 12/21/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307413492	01/09/2007	1741	238140	D.E. Means, Llc

Abstract: On December 21, 2006, Employee #1 and a co-worker were laying concrete block. The co-worker was mixing mortar mix and passing it to the mason. Employee #1 was standing on the second level of a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have guardrails installed. While attempting to scoop up a shovel of mortar, he slipped and fell from the scaffold, landing on the concrete deck. He was hospitalized with a fractured spine.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, SPINE, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CONCRETE BLOCK, LOST BALANCE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307413492			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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