Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201637766 - Employee Is Injured by Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201637766 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 05/07/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311700280	05/12/2008	1741	238140	Davidsons Masonry Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311700306	05/12/2008	1542	236220	Lease Crutcher Lewis Llc

Abstract: On May 7, 2008, Employee #1 was raising the foot plank on the north alcove wall. He was unable to get the necessary leverage to raise the two 16-foot planks, so he stepped outside the guardrail system. Employee #1 placed his back against the west alcove wall, and placed the balls of his feet against the plank edge (which was not secured). Employee #1 then placed both his hands on the two 16-foot planks, and used the wall as leverage. A second employee was standing on the two 9-foot planks of the scaffold platform that Employee #1 was bracing his feet against. Once the planks were raised, the second employee standing on the scaffold planks walked to the other side of the scaffold platform, and the planks shifted. Employee #1 fell between the scaffold frame and the wall, falling approximately 27 feet below to a lower level. Employee #1 was hospitalized with contusions and abrasions from the fall.

Keywords: ABRASION, CONTUSION, PLANKING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	4	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311700280			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)
2	311700306					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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