Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201406535 - Employee suffers fractures after falling from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201406535 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 11/08/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127112332	11/08/2002	1791	0	D & R Steel Erectors

Abstract: On November 8, 2002, Employee #1 was laying out the structure for siding (sheeting) from a scaffold work platform approximately 24 ft high. While marking, Employee #1 walked off the unguarded end of the scaffolds work platform. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WORK PLATFORM, SCAFFOLD

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	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127112332			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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