Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200962702 - Employee injured in fall from edge of scaffold platform

Accident Summary Nr: 200962702 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/24/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302480470	03/24/1999	1741	0	E.G.S. Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were on a 32 ft high scaffold platform, carrying a pan of mortar. The coworker was in the lead, walking backward, and had his head twisted around to see where he was going when he felt the pan drop. He looked around and saw Employee #1 falling to the ground. He suffered a fractured foot, for which he was hospitalized. Employee #1 later stated that he had tripped and gone over the side of the work platform. Crossbraces were being used as an upper guard rail, and the crossing point of the two braces was 48 in. above the platform. There was no midrail or toe board installed on the scaffold.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, MIDRAIL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302480470			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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