Walker Masonry and Sons, Inc.

Other fall to lower level, unspecified - Dislocation of joints - BENTONVILLE, Arkansas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Walker Masonry and Sons, Inc. in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas
Employer Walker Masonry and Sons, Inc.
Address Sheffield Drive near Hwy 12W
City, State ZIP BENTONVILLE, Arkansas 72712
Report ID 20161010073
Event Date October 26, 2016
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Dislocation of joints
Body Part Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source of Injury Scaffolds-self-supporting staging
Secondary Source Wrenches-power not determined
Industry (NAICS) 238140
GPS Coordinates 36.36000, -94.22000

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Incident Narrative

An employee was extending a scaffold being used by employees to lay bricks for a school wall. As the employee was bolting down the scaffold towers, his wrench slipped off the bolt. This caused the employee to fall over the front of the scaffold and over the brick wall being built. The employee suffered a possible hip fracture and a dislocated shoulder.

Incident Summary

On October 26, 2016, a worker at Walker Masonry and Sons, Inc. in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas suffered dislocation of joints to the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with scaffolds-self-supporting staging identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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