Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202528568 - Employee Fractures Arm in Fall from Grandstand

Accident Summary Nr: 202528568 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 04/28/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309909661	05/29/2008	1799	238390	Mike Brown Grandstands Inc

Abstract: At approximately 6:50 a.m. on April 28, 2008, Employee #1 and other coworkers were dismantling grandstands for events in Long Beach, CA. He did not connect his fall protection harness as he moved about a grandstand, which was being disassembled. While working, he fell approximately 12 ft, striking the ground and fracturing his upper left arm. He was taken to St Mary's Hospital and later to Pacific Hospital of Long Beach for surgery to repair the compound upper arm fracture. Following the surgery and medical treatment, he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ARM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		Under $50,000	2	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309909661			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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