Accident Report Detail
Accident: 108384.015 - Employee Falls And Breaks Ankle When Scaffold Tips Over
Accident: 108384.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 08/16/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1339222.015 | 08/16/2018 | Evergreene Architectual Arts, Inc. | |||||
At 8:00 a.m. on August 16, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working from a 6-foot scaffold and plastering the exterior of a nine-story building as part of a multiemployer renovation project. He leaned over the scaffold's guardrail, and the scaffold tipped over and fell. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 5.8 feet, and struck the concrete surface. He was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for two fractures to his left ankle. | |||||||
Keywords:
overturn, ankle, construction, equipment failure, fracture, scaffold, guardrail, fall protection, fall, leaning over, structural collapse
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | Alteration or rehabilitation | 9 | 60 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1339222.015 | 46 | M | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Plasterers |