Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201201712 - Employee Falls 17 Feet From A Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201201712 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 11/21/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304748023	11/26/2001	1711	0	Psf Industries Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:45 p.m. on November 21, 2001, Employee #1 was walking backwards, on the inside scaffolding, installing shims in between two digester rings. He slipped, and as he was falling he pulled out the stanchion for the inside guardrail system. When the stanchion pulled out, Employee #1 slid under the guardrail and fell 17 feet to the ground. Other coworkers heard Employee #1 falling and went inside the tank and found Employee #1 lying on his left side in between a ladder and the seam welder. He was transported to Albany General Hospital, where it was determined that he fractured his left wrist, several ribs, and punctured his lung.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, GUARDRAIL, SLIP, RIB, FALL, PUNCTURE, SCAFFOLD, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	8	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304748023			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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