Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441911 - Employee Sustains Fractures in Fall from Walkway

Accident Summary Nr: 202441911 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/13/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307457713	08/16/2005	1752	238330	Patent Construction Systems

Abstract: At approximately 7:57 a.m. on July 13, 2005, Employee #1 was working as a regular employee of Patent Construction Systems in Irvine, CA. The company erected and dismantled scaffolds. Its employees were dismantling the aluminum shoring that had supported a cement roof while it hardened. The metal scaffold was located in a 6 million gallon cement water tank that was 31 feet tall and 190 feet in diameter. Employee #1 was walking across an unsecured walkway carrying an aluminum beam, when the walkway gave way. He fell approximately 30 feet onto the cement floor. He sustained fractures to many parts of his body. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	31

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307457713			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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