Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202597191 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202597191 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 06/29/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313556177	07/08/2009	1751	238130	Red Lakes Inc

Abstract: On June 29, 2009, Employee #1 and coworkers were constructing an addition to an existing single family home. Employee #1 was using a plywood platform as a scaffold to frame around a skylight. A 6 ft stepladder was placed against the scaffold to access the platform. After exiting from the stepladder and onto the scaffold, he stepped back while standing on scaffold and fell 10.17 ft to the ground. He struck the ground, receiving fractures to his ribs and vertebrae. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he underwent treatment and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEPLADDER, RIB, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, VERTEBRA, WORK PLATFORM, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313556177			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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