Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202366019 - Employee Fractures Leg in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202366019 -- Report ID: 1055330 -- Event Date: 07/06/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310105465	07/07/2006	1521	236115	Scott T Etherington

Abstract: On July 6, 2006, Employee #1 was working in construction on new single-family housing. He was on a one-foot-wide scaffold plank, when he fell 11 feet. It was thought at first that he had been killed, but he survived the fall. He sustained a fracture to his head, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, LEG, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310105465			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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