Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 93717.015 - Employee fractures ankle after falling from height in a sca

Accident Summary Nr: 93717.015 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 02/27/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1215529.015	03/01/2017		236220	Charles T. Driscoll Masonry Restoration Company Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on February 27, 2017, an employee was working for a firm engaged in commercial and institutional building construction. He was preparing to cut steel with a plasma cutter. He was standing on a plank. The plank was being used as a scaffold. The scaffold or plank broke, and the employee fell onto ductwork 2.3 meters (7.5 feet) below. He sustained a fractured ankle and he was hospitalized for two or more days.

Keywords: Construction, Demolition, Equipment Failure, Fall, Falling Object, Rigging, Scaffold, Struck By, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition			1	13

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1215529.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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