Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201055712 - Employee injured after fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201055712 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 03/22/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126105063	03/26/2001	1771	0	Superior Gunite Construction

Abstract: On March 22, 2001, Employee #1, working as a timekeeper for a gunite cement contractor, was standing on a scaffold that was approximately 26 feet above the ground. Employee #1 is responsible for keeping track of what time employees arrive and leave the site and performs this task at street level. Employee #1 decided to go down to the lower working area to give a coworker a soda the co- worker was spraying a cement material onto a retaining wall. Employee #1 asked the coworker to hand him the hose while the coworker drank the soda. The hose was on at full power. Employee #1 either tripped or lost his balance and fell between the scaffold plank and the bottom of the mid-rail 26 feet. Employee #1 sustained a fractured back and was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: FALL, SPRAYING RIG, SCAFFOLD

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126105063			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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