Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202354718 - Employee Falls and Fractures Pelvis

Accident Summary Nr: 202354718 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 03/29/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308738467	04/05/2005	1799	561790	Seal Caulking And Waterproofing Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a foreman were working at a 5-story professional building repairing areas that would leak during rain storms. The foreman was caulking the parapet wall flashing from the roof of the building. Employee #1 was working from a boatswains chair at approximately 40-ft elevation on the east side of the building. His chair was tied off properly and he was wearing a full body harness with lanyard. He did not attach his lanyard to the independent lifeline before he went over the side of the building. Employee #1 realized he needed to attach to the lifeline before descending farther. As he reached for the lifeline, the boatswains chair descent device gave out and Employee #1 fell approximately four stories before landing on the ground. He was flown to MD. University Shock Trauma and was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured right leg and pelvis.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BOSUN CHAIR, LIFELINE, PPE, ROPE, STRUCK AGAINST, DESCENDING, PELVIS, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	5	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308738467			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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