Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202545190 - Worker Climbing Scaffold Frame Falls and Injures Head

Accident Summary Nr: 202545190 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/08/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314864877	04/18/2013	1795	238910	G D Heil Inc

Abstract: At approximately 6:25 a.m. on March 8, 2013, a laborer, employed by a demolition contractor, was working at the parking structure at The Glendale Galleria Mall. His employer had been contracted to demolish stairs and part of the concrete parking structure. The laborer climbed up the canopy scaffold frame in front of the parking structure. His foot slipped, and he fell off the scaffold. He was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for a bruise/contusion/abrasion to his head and released the same day. The investigation identified the following contributing causal factor: 1. Accessing the scaffold without a ladder.

Keywords: HEAD, DEMOLITION, LADDER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCRETE, CONTUSION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	6	60

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314864877			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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