Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201074119 - Employee Is Injured In Fall From Scaffold
Accident: 201074119 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/18/2009 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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312679095 | 07/29/2009 | 1721 | Walldesign Incorporated | ||||
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2009, Employee #1, a scaffolding laborer, was dismantling a tube and coupler scaffold at a construction site. He was at the bottom stage of the scaffolding and was using a hammer to pound on the frame of the scaffolding to loosen it. He stepped back onto a plank and fell approximately 6 feet to the ground. He suffered a fractured left leg and was hospitalized for four days. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, dismantling, construction, fall, leg, scaffold, tubular scaffold
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | $20,000,000 and over | 3 | 24 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 312679095 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt:6 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: Fall from/with scaffold |