Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 689240 - EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM UNGUARDED SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 689240 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 05/18/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104518733	05/20/1987	1742	0	W.W. Lakosky Plastering Corp.

Abstract: AT 12:45 PM ON MAY 18, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STUFFING LOOSE INSULATING MATERIAL INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TOP OF A PARTITION WALL AND THE BOTTOM OF THE ROOF SHEATHING. HE WAS STANDING ON A 19 INCH WIDE SCAFFOLD PLATFORM LOCATED 10 1/2 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. THE SPACE INTO WHICH HE WAS PUSHING THE INSULATION WAS 19 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. (HE WAS USING A LONG STICK TO REACH UP THE ADDITIONAL 8 1/2 FEET.) FOR SOME REASON HE STEPPED BACKWARD OFF THE PLATFFORM AND FELL TO THE FLOOR. HE SUFFERED A MILD HEAD CONCUSSION AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO ST. LUKES HOSPITAL. HE WAS KEPT IN THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT AND RELEASED THE NEXT DAY.

Keywords: HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104518733			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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