Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202360087 - Employee Fractures Pelvis When Elevated Platform Falls

Accident Summary Nr: 202360087 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 07/22/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310302484	07/25/2006	1742	238310	Mito Insulation Company

Abstract: On July 22, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a foreman for a company that installed insulation. He was working on the third floor of a building, using a wooden 2-by-12 plank that was 8 feet, 6 inches long as an unguarded elevated work platform to install the insulation. He positioned this platform 14 feet above a concrete surface, with one end on an interior balcony and the other end on a firebreak section of an interior wall. The plank fell, taking Employee #1 with it. Employee #1 sustained a fracture of his left pelvis. He was transported to the shock trauma unit at a local hospital, where he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, PELVIS, FALL, THERMAL INSULATION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FALLING OBJECT, UNGUARDED, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310302484			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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