Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201095395 - Employee injured in fall from elevated platform

Accident Summary Nr: 201095395 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 02/22/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126180439	03/01/2002	1751	0	Alderman Const.

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on February 22, 2002, Employee #1 was on an elevated area, 10 ft high, in a building being built. Employee #1's assignment was to remove a joist from the floor above and replace with a beam. Guardrails were in place and a small scaffold was in place during the removal of the joist. Employee #1 climbed onto the guard rail to remove a nail that he could not reach from the scaffold. Employee #1 was on the guardrail on the outside of it pulling the nail when the head of the nail broke off and caused him to lose his balance and fall. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital and hospitalized with a broken lower left arm, three broken ribs, and head injures.

Keywords: BEAM, FRACTURE, HEAD, GUARDRAIL, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, RIB, FALL, ARM, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126180439			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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