Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201163409 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201163409 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 01/25/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126098334	02/01/2002	1751	0	Sma Builders Inc.

Abstract: On January 25, 2002, Employee #1, a carpenter with SMA Builders, Inc., was working on a 12- to 14-ft-high shop-built platform/scaffold without guard rails at a home construction site. As he attempting to pull a nail, he lost his balance and fell, striking a concrete block wall. He was hospitalized with a fractured right femur, and subsequently required a splenectomy due to intraperitoneal bleeding.

Keywords: PLATFORM, FRACTURE, SPLEEN, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE, LEG, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126098334			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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