Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110928.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall when joist breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 110928.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 06/19/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1330297.015	07/16/2018		238130	Twr Enterprises, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on June 19, 2018, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by a construction framing contractor, were engaged in carpentry work at a single family residential construction project. Employee #1 was working on top of a joist 12 feet above the floor of a garage that was being framed. Coworker #1, the company foreman, was operating a forklift and unloading a bundle of decking sheets on top of the joist. Under the weight of the decking sheets, the joist broke. Employee #1 fell and struck the concrete floor, a fall height of 12 feet. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for three fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left leg.

Keywords: Collapsed lung, Fall, Fall Protection, Forklift, Fracture, Framing, Joist, Leg, Loading, Puncture, Residential Construction, Rib, Roof Decking, Structural Collapse

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	1330297.015	64	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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