Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114671.015 - Employee falls through floor hole and breaks neck and back

Accident Summary Nr: 114671.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 03/18/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1386991.015	03/20/2019		238310	American Hungerford Insulation

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on March 18, 2019, Employee #1, employed by an insulation company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, a new three-story multifamily residential building. He was on the third floor and attempting to install batt insulation in the exterior wall. He positioned himself by straddling an open floor hole, with one foot on the concrete floor landing and the other foot on the exterior window sill. The employee's foot slipped, and he fell through the floor hole, a fall height of 22 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of fractures to his neck and back.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Floor Opening, Fracture, Installing, Multiemployer, Neck, Residential Construction, Slip, Spine, Thermal Insulation, Unprotected, Unstable Position, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1386991.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Insulation Workers	Distance of Fall: 22 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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