Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202339412 - Employee injured in fall from ladder jack scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 202339412 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 12/17/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305573024	12/17/2002	1761	0	Dennis Nowacki

Abstract: Employee #1, the sole owner of a home improvement company, was removing and replacing soffit, fascia and rain gutters on an existing two-story house. While standing on an enclosed patio roof, removing soffit from the structure, the employee struck himself in the head with a hammer. Sometime after that, he climbed onto a 20-foot-long by 16-inch-wide ladder jack scaffold to remove more soffit and fell approximately 11 feet 2 inches to a fieldstone patio, sustaining severe head injuries. The employee was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center for treatment. It was reported that the employee drank approximately 8 beers with lunch.

Keywords: HEAD, LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD, FALL, SOFFIT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305573024			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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