Accident Report Detail
Accident: 123811.015 - Employee Sustains Fractures In Fall From Scaffold
Accident: 123811.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 08/13/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1434959.015 | 08/13/2019 | Banton Scaffold, Inc. | |||||
At 9:31 a.m. on August 13, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a scaffold contractor, was working at the site of two new two-story multifamily residential buildings. Both buildings were surrounded by 4-story scaffolding. The General Contractor had removed tie backs and cross bracing from one scaffold in order to install c orrugated metal siding. This scaffold was no longer needed. Employee #1 was re -installing cross bracing from the bottom level up, so that the scaffold then co uld be safely dismantled. The scaffold began to collapse, and the employee fell 15 feet to ground level. The employee was transported to the hospital and admi tted for treatment of fractures to the pelvis and lower spine (vertebra). | |||||||
Keywords:
bracing, dismantling, erection process, fall, fall protection, falling object, fracture, installing, pelvis, residential construction, scaffold, siding, structural collapse, tie wire, unstable position, vertebra
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | 2 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction | |
1 | 1434959.015 | 39 | M | Hospitalized injury | FallDist: 15 FallHt:15 Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work FatCause: |