Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201487527 - Drywall Installer Sustains Fractures in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201487527 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 03/21/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125759118	03/25/2005	1742	238310	D & R Paquette Drywall, Inc.

Abstract: On March 21, 2005, Employee #1 was installing ceiling drywall. He was working from a rolling scaffold that had no rails. The wheels of the scaffold were locked. He walked off the scaffold and fell 5 ft 10 inches. He sustained a fracture of his left wrist, two ribs, and one or more of the bones that form an eye orbit. He was hospitalized for four days.

Keywords: MOBILE SCAFFOLD, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125759118			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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