Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202675195 - Employee Falls from Scaffold and Suffers Multiple Injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 202675195 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 06/27/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317244549	07/10/2013	1799	238990	Sierra Insulation Co. Inc.

Abstract: On June 27, 2013, Employee #1 accessed a rolling scaffold as a work platform to gain a height needed for applying spray-on insulation. The insulation was being applied to the interior roof of a single-family residence under construction. At approximately 12:00 p.m., Employee #1 either stepped or fell from the scaffold work platform and fell to the ground. He sustained multiple injuries, including fractures to both wrists and neck, multiple broken ribs, damage to spleen and kidney and a concussion. Emergency medical personnel were summoned. They arrived, transported and admitted him to a medical center. Employee #1 was hospitalized for four days, during which he underwent treatment and surgical procedures for his multiple injuries. After the four days in the hospital, he was sent home to recuperate and has not returned to work pending a further medical evaluation.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SPLEEN, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, RIB, FALL, NECK, CONCUSSION, KIDNEY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317244549			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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