Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109638.015 - Employee injures head in fall through stairway opening

Accident Summary Nr: 109638.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 08/15/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1338903.015	08/16/2018		238130	Middleton Builders Inc.

Abstract: At 3:30 a.m. on August 15, 2018, Employee #1, a carpenter employed by a construction company, was working at a new two-story residential structure, a multiemployer construction project. He was cleaning up at the end of the workday when he fell through a stairway opening that was not properly guarded and struck his head on the concrete floor, a fall height of 14 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for serious head injuries.

Keywords: Brain, Carpenter, Cleaning, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Floor Opening, Head, Residential Construction, Stair, Traumatic, Unguarded

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	Construction
1	1338903.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 14 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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