Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101698.015 - Employee falls from walkway and injures hip and head

Accident Summary Nr: 101698.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 12/19/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1284708.015	12/22/2017		238310	Holsinger Drywall Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on December 19, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by a drywall construction company, were working at a multiemployer construction project, a new multifamily residential building. Employee #1 was on a second floor walk platform and handing a ladder down to Coworker #1. Employee #1 impacted the platform's guardrail, the guardrail came apart, and he fell to the concrete surface. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a hip fracture and a head laceration.

Keywords: Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Head, Hip, Residential Construction, Struck Against, Structural Collapse, Walk Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1284708.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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