Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102931.015 - Employee falls from retaining wall and injures head

Accident Summary Nr: 102931.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 12/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1293554.015	02/07/2018		236118	Tm Construction And Development, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on December 12, 2017, Employee #1, a newly-hired employee of a construction company, was working at a residential home remodeling project. He was walking on the top of a retaining wall alongside a sloped driveway when he slipped and fell, a fall height of approximately 7.5 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for a head laceration. Employee #1 was hospitalized for eight days.

Keywords: Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Laceration, Residential Construction, Retaining Wall, Slope, Struck Against, Trench, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1293554.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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