Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201071727 - Employee injured when impaled on scaffold support

Accident Summary Nr: 201071727 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/04/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310814272	12/26/2007	1742	238310	Johnson Barnes And Finch

Abstract: At approximately 9:10 a.m. on September 4, 2007, Employee #1, an apprentice taper with a drywall contractor, was standing about 2 ft 6 in. off the floor on a fully-planked Baker scaffold. He was taping a soffit when he turned his body, lost his balance, and fell backward onto his buttocks, puncturing his rectum on a vertical support of the scaffold. Employee #1 was transported to Scripps Hospital for treatment.

Keywords: IMPALED, BUTTOCKS, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, LOST BALANCE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310814272			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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