Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202554507 - Employee Falls from Scaffold, Punctures Lung, Fractures Ribs

Accident Summary Nr: 202554507 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 05/19/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315529404	06/04/2012	1751	238130	Jd Miller Construction Dba M&M Framing

Abstract: On May 19, 2012, Employee #1, a carpenter with Jd Miller Construction Dba M&M Framing, was framing on the top of a two-story house when he tried to move around the structure on the fall protection scaffold (part of a JAX Scaffold System). As he walked around the scaffold at approximately 13 feet high, a weld on the metal bracket holding up the scaffold planks broke, and Employee #1 fell. Employee #1 was hospitalized with fractured ribs and a punctured lung.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, CARPENTER, WELDER, BROKEN WELD, RIB, FALL, PUNCTURE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315529404			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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