Walker Masonry & Sons, Inc

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified — Fractures — PRAIRIE GROVE, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Walker Masonry & Sons, Inc in PRAIRIE GROVE, ARKANSAS
Employer Walker Masonry & Sons, Inc Report ID 2025021079
Address 806 N Mock St City, State ZIP PRAIRIE GROVE, ARKANSAS 72753
Event Date February 3, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified
Event Type Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified Source of Injury Self-supporting scaffolds or staging
Secondary Source Other constructed surface
Industry (NAICS) 238140 Inspection # 1802382
GPS Coordinates 35.98000, -94.31000

Incident Narrative

Employees were climbing a scaffold when a climbing hook missed its hold and the scaffold collapsed. The employees fell to the concrete floor. One employee sustained bruises and was not hospitalized. Another employee was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae that required surgery.

Incident Summary

On February 3, 2025, a worker at Walker Masonry & Sons, Inc in PRAIRIE GROVE, ARKANSAS suffered fractures to the exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified. The incident was classified as fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified, with self-supporting scaffolds or staging identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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