Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 97153.015 - Employee falls in scaffold collapse and incurs head lacerati

Accident Summary Nr: 97153.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/14/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1247040.015	07/14/2017		238140	Jose Alberto Martinez

Abstract: At 9:40 a.m. on July 14, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction contractor, was working at a multiemployer construction project for a commercial building. He was working from a scaffold and applying stucco to the building's exterior. The scaffold collapsed, and Employee #1 fell to the concrete/asphalt surface. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for deep lacerations to his head that required 12 stitches.

Keywords: Construction, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Laceration, Masonry Wall, Scaffold, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation				15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1247040.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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