Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200969897 - Employee Injured In Fall from Ladder-jack Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200969897 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 12/15/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304089493	12/15/2000	1751	0	Keith Witmer & Brian Witmer, D/B/A Old World Carpe

Abstract: A group of employees were standing on a ladder-jack scaffold 10 ft 7 in. above the ground. Beneath one end of the scaffold there was an entrance to the basement that was 7 ft 8 ins. deep. The ground was muddy from melting snow. The employees were installing flashing when the ladder over the basement entrance slipped and sank. The ladder at that end of the scaffold slipped from the eave to the side of the house. Employee #1 was working at that end of the scaffold and fell onto the concrete basement entrance steps and concrete floor. Employee #1 suffered two fractures of his vertebrae and a concussion. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SLIP, LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, CONCUSSION, VERTEBRA

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	21

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304089493			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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