Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201797628 - Employee is injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201797628 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/13/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126115369	10/15/2003	1742	238310	Lightfoot & Sons Lath And Plaster

Abstract: At about 1:30 p.m. on August 13, 2003, Employee #1, a construction worker, was on a horse scaffold finishing a window of a one story building. He fainted and fell 5 ft to the ground. Employee #1 was flown to a hospital and admitted for treatment of a rib fracture.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, HORSE, RIB, FAINTED, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126115369			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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