Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201482643 - Employee falls from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201482643 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 08/07/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125841676	01/26/2000	1542	0	Mueller Construction

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on August 7, 1999, Employee #1, a boilermaker apprentice, was working on a metal scaffold plank 16 inches wide by 20 ft long with out any railing. They were constructing a 42 ft high by 30 ft diameter tank. During the placement of a 12 gauge, 16-ft by 12-ft steel sheet, Employee #1 fell 24 ft and fractured his heels, wrist, and three vertebras. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FALL, VERTEBRA, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125841676			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Boilermakers	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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