Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201485919 - Fall From Scaffold Injures Employee

Accident Summary Nr: 201485919 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 09/30/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120340187	10/08/2003	1742	238310	Mid Valley Plastering, Inc.,

Abstract: Employee #1 was plastering at the site of a large residential housing development. Employee #1 fell approximately 6 ft through an opening created in the scaffold he had been dismantling. Employee #1 suffered a closed head concussion and a cervical compression fracture and was hospitalized for five days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, DISMANTLING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, NECK, CONCUSSION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	6

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120340187			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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