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Accident Summary Nr: 105335.015 - Employee injures head when struck by falling wood and fallin

Accident Summary Nr: 105335.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/04/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1310142.015	04/18/2018		238130	A-1 Framing Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on April 4, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction framing company, was working at a two-story multifamily residential construction project. Working from an extension ladder, he erected a sheet of plywood. As Employee #1 descended the ladder, the plywood fell and struck him. Employee #1 fell from the ladder, a fall height of 5 to 7 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a head injury, a left temporal lobe brain hemorrhage.

Keywords: Extension Ladder, Fall, Falling Object, Head, Hemorrhage, Residential Construction, Struck By, Wood Erection, Wood Panel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1310142.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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