Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107193.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall down elevator shaf

Accident Summary Nr: 107193.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/05/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1328841.015	07/10/2018		236116	Nova Engineering And Environmental Llc

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on July 5, 2018, an employee, working as a Quality Control Inspector, was on the second story of a new residential building still under construction with a coworker reviewing a County inspector's findings. While walking through the building discussing the findings, the coworker tried to warn the employee of an unguarded elevator shaft that the employee was standing too close to. The employee fell through the opening and landed at the bottom of the shaft in three feet of water. The employee received a dislocated shoulder, elbow fracture and a head laceration.

Keywords: Dislocated, Elbow, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Opening, Fracture, Head, Inspecting, Laceration, Shoulder, Unguarded Fl Opening

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1328841.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Inspectors and compliance officers except constr.

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