Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201144110 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201144110 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 03/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120167838	03/11/2002	1761	0	Hansen Cold Storage Construction

Abstract: On March 3, 2002, Employee #1 suffered a work-related injury while working by himself on a construction project in a warehouse in Brea, California. The warehouse was a food storage facility and Employee #1 was a carpenter and foreman who came in on a Sunday to finish some "odds and ends" of trim. As he was starting to get onto a 5-foot-tall scaffold work platform, Employee #1 lost his balance and fell to the floor, suffering fractures to his right ribs and pelvic bone and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WAREHOUSE, CARPENTER, PELVIS, RIB, FALL, LOST BALANCE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120167838			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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