Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 656298 - Employee Injured In Fall From Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 656298 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 06/12/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113548390	06/12/2001	1742	0	Dauphinais Construction Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working from a rolling Baker-type scaffold at a height of approximately 6 ft without the wheels being locked. Employee #1 attempted to push himself down the wall to another location. One wheel got caught on something on the floor and Employee #1 pushed harder on the wall causing the rolling scaffold to push away from the wall. Employee #1 fell to the concrete floor and suffered bruises, contusions, sprains, stitches and a broken nose. Employee #1 was treated for his injuries but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, NOSE, LACERATION, FALL, SPRAIN, CONTUSION, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113548390			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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