Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202657896 - Employee Suffers Multiple Fractures in Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202657896 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 03/25/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316669787	05/03/2013	1751	238130	Advanced Framing Structures, Inc.

Abstract: On March 25, 2013, Employee #1, a framer, was involved in the construction of a new school working on a scaffold. A coworker was erecting a block wall working on the top level of the scaffold and at another corner. The employee was picking up tools to move to another location. Employee #1 was on the plank just above the second level of the scaffold installing bolts for a wood ledger. Employee #1 was walking on the scaffold around a bolt, when he slipped and fell to the ground. The employee was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated for four fractured ribs, contusion to right leg, pain in shoulder and fracture to the bone near the bridge of nose. Employee #1 remained hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, BOLT, RIB, FALL, CONTUSION, LEG, SCAFFOLD

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	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316669787			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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