Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94929.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and sustains multiple fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 94929.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 04/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1226934.015	04/19/2017		237310	Archer Western Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on April 12, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer heavy construction project. He was performing punch out work inside an elevator shaft while working from a systems scaffold with a bracket scaffold attachment. The bracket was not properly attached to the elevator shaft, resulting in Employee #1 falling from the scaffold, a fall height of 30 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple fractures.

Keywords: Construction, Elevated Work Platform, Elevator, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Scaffold, Scaffold Rigging, Unsecured, Unstable Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1226934.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: 30 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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