Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201043791 - Three Employees Are Injured in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201043791 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 06/16/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312274574	06/18/2008	1742	238310	Mirage Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 5:25 a.m. on June 16, 2008, employees were cutting reveals in the foam at the northeast corner of the pool deck on the east wall of the cabana, when they stepped on unsecured scaffold planks and fell approximately 7 ft to the ground. All three workers were rushed to the hospital. Employee #1 sustained back, chest and rib injuries and Employee #3 sustained a fractured left ankle. Employee #2 was released after being diagnosed with lower back pain and the two other employees were hospitalized.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, BACK, RIB, FALL, ANKLE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	52

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312274574	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	312274574	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
3	312274574	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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