Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202655858 - Employee Falls and Suffers Abrasions, Lacerations

Accident Summary Nr: 202655858 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 04/30/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316491786	05/02/2012	1741	238140	Ernesto Casas Jr. Dba Ernesto Casas Jr. Masonry

Abstract: On April 30, 2012, Employee #1, with Ernesto Casas Jr. Dba Ernesto Casas Jr. Masonry, was performing masonry duties from a fabricated frame scaffold, while elevated approximately 18 ft 3 ins. above ground. Employee #1 fell off the end of the platform while using a side bracket platform support as an end guardrail that was not secured to the scaffold frame. Employee #1 fell between the buildings wall and the fabricated frame scaffold to the ground and was transported to shock trauma in the hospital, due to the height of the fall. Employee #1 suffered minor lacerations to the knees, forehead and muscle soreness to the neck and back.

Keywords: PLATFORM, HEAD, GUARDRAIL, BRICK, LACERATION, ABRASION, FALL, CONTUSION, LEG, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316491786			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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