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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 99037.015 - Worker Dismantling Scaffold Falls And Fractures Ankle

**Accident: 99037.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 09/08/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1264062.015	09/15/2017		Rcm Interiors, Llc

At 2:20 p.m. on September 8, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction compa ny, was working at a multiemployer jobsite, a regional medical center. He was w orking from a scaffold's work platform and dismantling the scaffold when he step ped backward and fell. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was tran sported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fracture to his righ t ankle.

Keywords: ankle, construction, dismantling, elevated work platform, fall, fall protection, fracture, scaffold, walking backward

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1264062.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors; carpenters and related workers

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