Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201102811 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201102811 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 04/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125847871	07/15/2002	1742	238310	Mountain View Drywall

Abstract: On April 10, 2002, Employee #1, a drywall installer, was working overhead on a rolling scaffold with a platform height of 69 in. at a new construction project. While rolling the scaffold himself, a wheel fell into an uncovered floor vent opening, the scaffold tipped, and Employee #1 fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with a back injury.

Keywords: MOBILE SCAFFOLD, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125847871			Hospitalized injury	Other	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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