Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202491221 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Scaffold Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202491221 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 11/10/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314534611	12/10/2010	1742	238310	Ray Woolf Individual Dba Acoustic Design

Abstract: On November 10, 2010, Employee #1 was working from a rolling scaffold, installing acoustic ceiling tiles. Employee #1 climbed down the scaffold's fixed ladder to talk to the general contractor's foreman and he slipped from the ladder and fell to the concrete floor below. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital via ambulance. Employee #1 was diagnosed with a closed head injury and a ruptured spleen. Employee #1 was admitted to the hospital, where he remained under observation for 4 days. Employee #1's injuries healed without surgical intervention, and he was reevaluated after 3 weeks, at which time he was released to return to his normal activities.

Keywords: SPLEEN, FIXED LADDER, RUPTURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314534611			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Tile setters, hard and soft	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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