Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200823151 - Employee Injured in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 200823151 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 09/08/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308153246	09/10/2005	1741	238140	Rosemont Masonry Corporation

Abstract: At approximately noon on September 8, 2005, Employee #1 was working on the outrigger portion of a Waco tubular welded frame scaffold during overhand bricklaying on the fourth floor of a multi-story condominium. Employee #1 was laying a block wall with two window openings that were approximately 6-feet high by 5-feet wide. He apparently lost his balance and fell through a window opening in the block wall. Employee #1 fell approximately 45 feet to grade on the outside of the building, fracturing his ankles, pelvis, and ribs. Employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, TORSO, FALL, LOST BALANCE, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308153246			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 45 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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