Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202656526 - Plasterer Hurts Head in Fall from Slippery Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202656526 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 07/20/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314831298	07/30/2012	1741	238140	Larry The Lather Inc.

Abstract: On the morning of July 20, 2012, an employee was working as a plasterer for Larry the Lather, Inc. At the time of the incident, no supervisor was nearby, but a coworker witnessed the incident. The employee was stepping on the first cross member of a scaffold. The scaffold was arranged with dimensions of 5 feet (1.5 meters) from grade to the first tier plank and then 7 feet (2.1 meters) from the first plant to the second plank. The employee was about 5 feet (1.5 meters) above grade. He was going to hand a hose to a coworker who was standing on the second tier plank, so he stepped on the diagonal cross member where it met the vertical member of the scaffold. There was dew on scaffold in the early morning hours, and the surface was slippery. The employee lost his footing and fell. He sustained unspecified injuries to his head.

Keywords: HEAD, WALKING ON PLANK, CONSTRUCTION, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, LOST BALANCE, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314831298			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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