Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201614187 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201614187 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 03/30/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312715394	03/31/2009	1799	238990	Brand Energy Services Llc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on March 30, 2009, Employee #1 was assisting during the dismantling of a scaffold system. While Employee #1 and two coworkers worked to remove the 4 foot by 8 foot sheets of plywood, which made up the deck of the working scaffold system, Employee #1 fell about 40 feet to the ground. Employee #1 was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for multiple unspecified fractures. The accident investigation determined that Employee #1 and the coworkers were handing each other the boards as they were removed. Employee #1, who was located between the two coworkers, had received a sheet of plywood and was handing the sheet of plywood to the other coworker next to him, when he stepped on an unsecured piece of plywood. The loose decking rocked up, allowing Employee #1 to fall through the opening.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK PLATFORM, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	45

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312715394			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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