Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201203791 - Employee injured in fall when scaffold bracket breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 201203791 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 11/21/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310741905	12/17/2007	1741	238140	Nugent Masonry Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on November 21, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing brick on the exterior of a new office building. They were working from a fabricated-frame scaffold system when one of the scaffold's side brackets broke. Employee #1 was working close to the broken bracket and he fell approximately 13 ft to the ground, fracturing his ankle. The coworker came down to assist him and called 911. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital, where he underwent surgery to repair his ankle.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, ANKLE, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310741905			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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