Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201403607 - Employee injured from 27 ft fall from scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 201403607 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 11/10/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127020584	11/18/1999	1741	0	C & R Masonry

Abstract: An employee was installing tie-ins for a non-stop scaffold when he stepped on a scaffold plank that was not bearing on a bearer. The plank fell, causing the employee to fall 27 ft to the deck below. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SCAFFOLD BEARER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WORK PLATFORM, LEG, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127020584			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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