Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122940.015 - Employee fractures leg in fall from scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 122940.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 11/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1453822.015	01/03/2020		238310	Skyline Construction & Design, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on November 4, 2019, an employee working as a plasterer for a drywall installation contractor was engaged in lathing and plastering operations. The employee was working at a multi-employer job site performing the construction of a commercial building. The employer had installed a scaffold system around the perimeter of the building through a scaffold contractor. The employee was working on the 3rd level of the scaffold system finishing up some lathing when he stepped from the scaffolding onto a window frame. The window frame gave way and the employee fell over 15 feet between the structure and the scaffolding to the ground below. There were no witnesses to the incident. The general contractor determined the space between the scaffolding and structure was approximately 14 inches. The employee fractured his right femur and was transported to the hospital, where he was hospitalized between 3 to 4 days.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Competent Person, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Plaster, Work Surface

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1453822.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Plasterers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause:

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