Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201990991 - Employee Injured after Fall from Temporay Work Platform

Accident Summary Nr: 201990991 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 04/30/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307843615	04/30/2004	1751	238130	Fortress, Inc.

Abstract: On April 30, 2004, Employee #1 unloading tools and plywood was working from a temporary work platform erected from aluma planked scaffolding. A coworker was handing the tools and plywood to the employee from an aerial work platform attached to a rough terrain forklift. The temporary work platform was erected between a truss and a glue laminated beam during residential construction activities. The scaffolding extended beyond the glue laminated approximately 2 feet and was not secured. The employee stepped near the outside of the scaffold planking causing the planking to pitch upward throwing the employee into a fall, head first 25 feet. The employee was severely injured in the fall and was hospitalized in the intensive care. Unit

Keywords: PLATFORM, HEAD, TRUSS, GLUE, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, AERIAL LIFT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307843615			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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