Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201953775 - Employee suffers concussion from 20-foot fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201953775 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 02/19/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307388801	02/19/2004	1741	238140	Don Debello Dba: Debello Masonry

Abstract: On February 19, 2004, Employee #1 and coworkers were engaged in masonry activities at a commercial construction site. They were tasked with constructing a block wall on the front side of a building that was under construction. Both Employee #1 and the coworkers were working from a Hydro-Mobile scaffolding system, approximately 20-feet high. For some reason, there was a failure of the bridge section and Employee #1 and his coworkers fell. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for a concussion.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BRICK, FALL, CONCUSSION, WORK PLATFORM, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307388801			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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