Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 95854.015 - Employee fractures pelvis in 15 foot fall off scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 95854.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 04/24/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1235267.015	05/25/2017		236118	Unique Design Homes

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on April 24, 2017, Employee #1 was dismantling a scaffold and removed one of the two platforms from the top of the scaffold. The employee decided to fix a portion of the wall that he noticed while dismantling. Employee #1 climbed back up to top of scaffold to spackle the wall. He forgot that he had removed the platform, and fell approximate 15 feet, hitting the scaffold on the way down. Employee #1 sustained a fractured pelvis.

Keywords: Dismantling, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Pelvis, Scaffold, Struck Against

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1235267.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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