Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201521523 - Employee falls from scaffold when top rail breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 201521523 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 11/16/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123150716	11/16/2002	1623	0	C. H. Nickerson & Co. Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a carpenter, was working on a scaffold with no mid-rail. The top rail broke and he fell face first 10.5 ft. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a concussion.

Keywords: HEAD, CARPENTER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, FACE, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123150716			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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