Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104278.015 - Employee falls when scaffold tips over and fractures wrist

Accident Summary Nr: 104278.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 12/21/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1284476.015	12/21/2017		238310	Drywall Services Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on December 21, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a drywall construction company, was engaged in drywall installation at a multiemployer project, a two-story commercial building. He was working on a baker scaffold when a steel bolt holding one of the scaffold's casters sheered off, and the scaffold tipped over. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 6 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a fractured right wrist.

Keywords: Bolt, Caster, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Scaffold, Structural Collapse, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1284476.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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