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Accident: 114541.015 - Employee Sustains Brain Trauma In Fall From Beam To Concrete
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1379036.015 | 02/22/2019 | Level Edge Construction Llc |
At 2:15 p.m. on February 18, 2019, Employee #1, a carpenter employed by a framin g contractor, was framing an addition to a hotel above the concrete swimming poo l. He was standing on a wood beam that had been lifted to the roof. He was att empting to set the beam in place. The wood beam measured 10.5 inches wide, 28 i nches deep, and approximately 40 feet long. The employee, who was not using any form of fall protection, lost his balance and fell from the beam to the concret e, a fall height of 15.75 feet. He struck his head on the concrete. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital. He was admitted and treated - including surgery - for blunt force traumatic brain injury.
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial building | New project or new addition | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1379036.015 | 23 | M | Hospitalized injury | Construction laborers | FallDist: 15 FallHt:15 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: |