Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201171436 - Employee injured from fall off of metal tube scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201171436 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/20/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125782235	09/12/2001	1541	0	North Smc Construction

Abstract: At approximately 6:50 a.m. on August 20, 2001, Employee #1 was installing densglass paneling on the face of a building and working without fall protective equipment. While, occupying the second level of a metal tube scaffold, he stepped back from the building on the scaffold and upon a missing the rear plank. He fell through the platform falling 13 ft and striking the ground. The impact of his fall caused him to receive sternum and vertebrae fractures. He was hospitalized to receive medical treatment for the injuries sustained in the accident.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, PANEL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125782235			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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