Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1284476.015 - Drywall Services Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Boston North Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1284476.015

Report ID: 0134000

Date Opened: 12/21/2017

Site Address:
Drywall Services Inc.
100 Minuteman Rd.
Andover, MA 01810

Mailing Address:
86 Progress Ave. Unit 2, Tyngsboro, MA 01879

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 238310/Drywall and Insulation Contractors

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/21/2017

Emphasis: L:Fall

Case Closed: 04/09/2018

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1294727	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 104278.015

Event: 12/21/2017

Employee falls when scaffold tips over and fractures wrist

At 9:00 a.m. on December 21, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a drywall construction company, was engaged in drywall installation at a multiemployer project, a two-story commercial building. He was working on a baker scaffold when a steel bolt holding one of the scaffold's casters sheered off, and the scaffold tipped over. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 6 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a fractured right wrist.

Keywords: Bolt, Caster, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Scaffold, Structural Collapse, Wrist

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1284476.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers

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