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Accident: 100153.015 - Two Employees Fall From Scaffolding And Incur Back And Head
Accident: 100153.015 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 10/25/2017 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 1272802.015 | 10/25/2017 | T & A Construction Llc | |||||
| At 6:15 a.m. on October 25, 2017, Employees #1 and #2, employed by a construction company, were working at the multiemployer renovation of a commercial building. After emptying a trash bin, they were waiting for an elevator. Employee #1 leaned on the railing of a scaffold being used as an elevated walkway. The railing gave way, and both employees fell to the concrete below, a fall height of approximately 6 feet. Emergency services were called, and the two employees were transported to the hospital, where both were admitted. Employee #1 was treated for back injuries. Employee #2 was treated for a head injury. | |||||||
Keywords:
structural collapse, fall, head, scaffold, guardrail, construction, unsecured, walk platform, back
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | ||||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 1272802.015 | 60 | M | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Drywall installers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: Fall from/with scaffold |
| 2 | 1272802.015 | 35 | F | Hospitalized injury | Other | Drywall installers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause: Fall from/with scaffold |