Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201183506 - Employee Falls from Scaffold and Sustains Compound Fracture

Accident Summary Nr: 201183506 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 06/13/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307397844	06/19/2007	1541	236210	Wcp Services, Inc. Dba Venture Builders

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 13, 2007, Employee #1, was doing metal framing and drywall work on the 17th floor. As Employee #1 was making measurements to lay metal tracks to form a curved soffit, he was standing on a working platform approximately 65 inches high on a two-foot wide "Grabber" rolling scaffold. Employee #1 somehow walked off and fell onto the concrete slab. A nearby coworker heard the fall and came to his aid. The emergency services were called. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to St. Francis Hospital and was hospitalized for two days. Employee #1 suffered a compound fracture to his right elbow. There were no witnesses. The general foreman was elsewhere on the jobsite. Employee #1 worked for WCP Services, Inc. dba Venture Builders as a drywall foreman.

Keywords: FALL, SOFFIT, ELBOW, WORK PLATFORM, CONCRETE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	17	70

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307397844			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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