Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111928.015 - Employee falls down shaft and receives multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 111928.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 12/03/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1366921.015	12/17/2018		238130	Advanced Construction Southwest Of California, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:08 a.m. on December 3, 2018, an employee was cutting a section of bottom plate to a wall secured by an anchor bolt in an attempt to remove it. The employee operated a reciprocating saw (SawsAll) to cut the bottom plate and the claw side of a claw hammer to pry up the edge. To pry up the board, the employee took a position next to and outside the protection of a nearby guardrail. The employee reached through the guardrail to pry up the board and lost his balance as the board began to move. The employee fell approximately twelve feet through a shaft opening and hospitalized for multiple fractures to the skull, wrist, ribs, and vertebrae. The employee also sustained an epidural hematoma in the neck and a severed optical nerve that blinded the employee's right eye.

Keywords: Back, Cutting, Eye, Fall, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Hand Tool, Lost Balance, Open Shaft, Rib, Saw, Skull, Vertebra, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1366921.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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