Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201614450 - Employee suffers fractures from falling off a scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201614450 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 03/09/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313681900	03/10/2010	1741	238140	Michael Tappan

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 pm, on March 09, 2010, Employee #1, a construction mason, was returning to lay brick after raising the scaffolding. At the time of the accident there were three employees who were working on this scaffold. Employee #1 was working near a sheet of plywood approximately 20 inches wide by 36 inches long by 5/8 inches thick, bridging an approximately 24 inch gap between the two scaffolds. The plywood and Employee #1 fell approximately 20 feet to a dirt sub-grade. Employee #1 was hospitalized due to his fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BRIDGE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	4	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313681900			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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