Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201062171 - Employee falls from scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 201062171 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/07/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120269287	04/13/1999	1742	0	J Q Drywall

Abstract: Employee #1, was inside a building on a rolling metal scaffold two stages up hanging sheetrock. He was using a drywall screw gun with an electrical cord and he tripped on the cord causing him to go over the x-bracing on the scaffolding, which was 30 inches above the working surface with no top rail. He tried to catch his arm on the x-bracing and fell 12 ft to the concrete floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a broken left arm and head trauma.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, TRIPPED, FALL, ARM, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120269287			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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