Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107022.015 - Employee falls through joists and injures shoulder and lung

Accident Summary Nr: 107022.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/09/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1308825.015	04/12/2018		236116	Advanced Construction

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on April 9, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a framing construction company, was working at a multiemployer job site, a new residential structure. He was assigned to remove, modify, and replace floor joists. He attempted to cross the corridor by stepping on joists he had just cut. The joists were not sufficiently supported, and Employee #1 fell through to the concrete floor below, a fall height of 9 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a fractured shoulder and a punctured lung.

Keywords: Carpenter, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Joist, Lung, Puncture, Residential Construction, Shoulder, Structural Collapse

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	1308825.015	63	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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