Accident Report Detail

Accident: 94929.015 - Employee Falls From Scaffold And Sustains Multiple Fractures

**Accident: 94929.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 04/12/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1226934.015	04/19/2017		Archer Western Construction, Llc

At 10:00 a.m. on April 12, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company , was working at a multiemployer heavy construction project. He was performing punch out work inside an elevator shaft while working from a systems scaffold wi th a bracket scaffold attachment. The bracket was not properly attached to the elevator shaft, resulting in Employee #1 falling from the scaffold, a fall heigh t of 30 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported t o the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple fractures.

Keywords: construction, elevated work platform, elevator, fall, fall protection, fracture, scaffold, scaffold rigging, unsecured, unstable surface

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1226934.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Concrete and terrazzo finishers	FallDist: 30 FallHt:30 Cause: Exterior masonry FatCause:

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA