Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201033602 - Employee Injured After Falling From Scaffold Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201033602 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 11/03/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300760121	01/23/2001	1743	0	P & E Tile Co.

Abstract: Employee # 1, a 7-year veteran, broke his clavicle, ribs, and neck and developed head trauma when he fell 6 feet while climbing up the ladder of a scaffold carrying a 20-pound, 5-gallon pail filled with his tools. The scaffold used was a metal tubular frame mason's scaffold. The scaffold had three levels, 5 feet in width, 10 feet in length, and 6 feet, 8 inches in height at the base. His employer installed tiles for commercial buildings.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, SHOULDER, COLLARBONE, LADDER, RIB, NECK, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300760121			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Interior tile work (ceramic, vinyl, acoustic) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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