Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140255.015 - Employee sustains contusions to arms in fall off scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 140255.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 05/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1536746.015	06/07/2021		811310	Plant-N-Power Services, Llp

Abstract: At 9:44 a.m. on May 13, 2021, an employee working as a welder for a company that provides equipment repair and maintenance services was completing a job. The employee was working on a crew that was taking down a scaffold that had been used for the work. The work crew was stacking the scaffolding when the employee was stepping off the scaffold causing him to fall against the stacked scaffolding. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for contusions to his arms.

Keywords: Arm, Contusion, Disassemble, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Maintenance, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Repair, Scaffold, Stack, Stacked, Struck Against, Unsafe Position, Walking Surface, Welder, Work Surface

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1536746.015	43	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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