Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202076519 - Employee Fractures Back When Scaffold Fails

Accident Summary Nr: 202076519 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 04/14/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308765981	04/14/2005	1741	238140	Unique Designers, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, and two coworkers of Unique Designers fell approximately 40 feet from a scaffold system when it failed. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of his fractured back.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PPE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5	80

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308765981			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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