Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133932.015 - Employee falls from scaffold suffering lumbar fracture

Accident Summary Nr: 133932.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 02/24/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1519017.015	03/04/2021		238140	Mario Rivera

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on February 24, 2021, Employee #1 was working for a masonry contractor. Employee #1 was standing on the scaffold cleaning excess concrete from brick wall. The scaffold plank broke causing Employee #1 to fall to the ground. Employee #1 suffered a back fracture leading to hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Collapse, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Lumbar Fracture, Lumbar Injury, Plank, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1519017.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 28 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 28 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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