Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202539334 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Through Hatch Opening

Accident Summary Nr: 202539334 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/03/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126201284	03/03/2008	1799	238990	Paramount Scaffold Inc

Abstract: On March 3, 2008, Employee #1 (a foreman) and a coworker for Paramount Scaffold were erecting a frame scaffold on the east side of a multi-story steel-frame building that was under construction. Employee #1 and the coworker were staging scaffolding components on the roof of the Seminar Room and were going to erect a scaffold adjacent the east side exterior wall. As the coworker was handing scaffold planks to Employee #1, Employee #1 stepped backwards onto a piece of metal decking that was covering a hatch cover. The cover became displaced, and Employee #1 fell through the hatch opening down 13 feet to the concrete floor. Employee #1 sustained a fractured left elbow that required hospitalization and surgery. The hatch cover was neither properly labeled nor secured as required.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COVER, UNSECURED, HATCH, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD, UNSTABLE POSITION, WARNING SIGN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	42

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126201284			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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