Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180783 - Employee Injured in Fall From Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201180783 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 04/12/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300889482	05/24/2001	1751	0	Vahdani Group

Abstract: At approximately 9:45 a.m. on April 12, 2001, Employee #1 of Vahdani Consturction was working with another employee from a scaffold in an abandoned elevator shaft. Employee #1 was standing on a piece of 2-inch by 4-inch plywood being used as a platform that was spanning a gap between the scaffold and the building hallway on the third level. The other employee was on the second level and Employee #1 was handing him a piece of drywall to nail to the side of the elevator shaft. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell in the gap between the scaffold and the wall. Employee #1 sustained injuries to his back and was hospitalized. .

Keywords: PLATFORM, NAIL, WALL, BACK, FALL, LOST BALANCE, ELEVATOR SHAFT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	5	75

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300889482			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 45 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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