Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 105022.015 - Employee falls into elevator shaft and breaks neck, leg

Accident Summary Nr: 105022.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 04/24/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1311412.015	04/24/2018		238130	Cdc Development Llc

Abstract: On April 24, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction site. He was using a pneumatic nail gun to frame interior walls on the building's second floor. Employee #1 tripped over a piece of wood and fell onto the guardrails on the north side of an elevator shaft. The guardrails gave way, and Employee #1 fell into the shaft, a fall height of approximately 16 feet 8 inches, and struck the concrete surface. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for fractured cervical vertebrae and a fractured right leg.

Keywords: Concrete, Construction, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Leg, Nail, Tripped, Unsecured, Vertebra, Wall, Wood Erection

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1311412.015	48	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 17 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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