Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201078375 - Employee Receives Fractures in Fall Onto Concrete Floor

Accident Summary Nr: 201078375 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/24/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315346494	10/02/2012	1522	236116	Masing Construction Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m. On September 24, 2012, Employee #1, a handyman, was assisting a coworker with various construction related tasks. While helping the coworker, he fell from the second level of a scaffold system onto a concrete floor. The height of his fall was approximately 11.5 feet. Employee #1 sustained vertebrae and pelvis fractures. He was transported to a medical center, where he was hospitalized for three days of treatment.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, FALL, VERTEBRA, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315346494			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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