Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104875.015 - Employee installing drywall cuts finger on metal stud

Accident Summary Nr: 104875.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 04/19/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1310324.015	04/20/2018		238130	Frank J. Goettner Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on April 19, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was installing drywall at a multiemployer construction project, a one-story commercial building. He was working from a 10-foot stepladder when the ladder kicked out. Employee #1, attempting to stop his fall, grabbed onto the knee wall hanging from above, which was made of a steel stud. He then fell, a fall height of approximately 6 feet. Employee #1 sustained a laceration to his left index finger. He was taken for medical attention, which included surgery to his finger. Employee #1 was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Finger, Installing, Laceration, Slip, Steel, Stepladder, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1310324.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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