Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201161130 - Employee falls from scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 201161130 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 08/06/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126056761	08/12/1999	1799	0	John Jory Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was plastering while standing on a scaffold with outriggers installed on the inside. The scaffold was correctly assembled and on a slight slope. Appropriate guardrails were installed everywhere except at the end of the outrigger. Employee #1 walked off the end of the outrigger and fell 5 ft breaking his hip and pelvis.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, GUARD, PELVIS, FALL, SCAFFOLD RIGGING, HIP, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126056761			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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