Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200775153 - Employee Is Struck by Falling Block, Sustains Lacerations

Accident Summary Nr: 200775153 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 03/07/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311829741	03/07/2008	1741	238140	Dependable Masonry Construction Co. Inc.

Abstract: A crew of employees was dismantling a scaffold in an adjacent room and there was limited access around the scaffold where other employees were installing a block wall above. The employees were not protected, and tools, materials, or equipment were piled to a height higher than the top edge of the toe board. Apparently, the screening did not extend from the toe board or platform to the top of the guardrail. One coworker was moving and storing material above where the Employee #1 was working. A 6-in. block was displaced and struck Employee #1 on his head. Employee #1 sustained lacerations but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: HEAD, GUARDRAIL, DISMANTLING, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311829741			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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