Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201485752 - Employee falls from scaffold and fractures sternum

Accident Summary Nr: 201485752 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 06/30/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125817361	08/19/2003	1522	236118	Levitch Associates, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 stepped out of window ledge on to a scaffold plank. The plank broke and Employee #1 fell 10 ft, fracturing his sternum. The plank was part of scaffolding system connected to the window ledge. Employee #1 was hospitalized for one week.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, PLANK, RIB, FALL, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125817361			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous hand working occupations	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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