Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 75972.015 - Worker falls from scaffold and sustains multiple fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 75972.015 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 01/09/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1019995.015	01/21/2015		238150	Jk Glass Company, Incorporated

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on January 9, 2015, Employee #1, employed by a glass company, was working at a multiemployer construction project for a commercial building. He was working from a scaffold and installing metal brackets in window frames. As he climbed through the railing of the scaffold's swing staging onto the scaffold's platform, the swing staging rolled. Employee #1 was knocked off the scaffold. He fell an unreported distance to the ground. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fractured ribs, a fractured coccyx (tailbone), and multiple bruises.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Back, Construction, Contusion, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Rib, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	10	80

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1019995.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause:

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