Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201505575 - Employee falls from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201505575 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 05/12/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307337485	05/16/2005	1761	238160	Cf Slating

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on May 12, 2005, Employee #1 was loading slate onto a pallet that was raised by an industrial lift truck to the third-level platform of a scaffold. Employee #1 stepped out with his right leg between the top rail and midrail of the scaffold guardrail to reach towards the back of the pallet. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell 23 feet to the ground below. Employee #1 sustained fractures to his T12 vertebrae and right knee cap, and lacerations to his liver and left eye.

Keywords: EYE, KNEE, FRACTURE, LIVER, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, PALLET, MIDRAIL, VERTEBRA, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2	23

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307337485			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sheet metal worker apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 23 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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