Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109282.015 - Employee fractures hip in fall from second level of wood fra

Accident Summary Nr: 109282.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 05/26/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1319440.015	05/30/2018		238130	Rivera Framing Incorporated

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on May 26, 2018, an employee was chalking a line to cut material while wearing a personal fall arrest system. The material being chalked by the employee broke under load. Due to the method in which the personal fall arrest system was rigged, the system did not engage to arrest the fall. As a result, the employee fell 11 feet to the lower level. The employee landed on a rock , dirt, and construction material laden surface. The employee sustained a fracture to his left hip.

Keywords: Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Frame, Hip

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition				11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1319440.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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