Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115016.015 - Employee falls from ladder and breaks wrist

Accident Summary Nr: 115016.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 03/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1390051.015	04/02/2019		236117	Bmc West Llc

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on March 25, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a framing contractor, were engaged in the construction of a new residential building. They were assigned to cut an excess L-shaped wall measuring 1 foot high by 16 feet long. Employee #1, working from an extension ladder, used a Milwaukee Sawzall saw to cut the short portion of the wall and then continued holding the wall, which was not otherwise supported or braced. The coworker, standing on an 8-foot A-Frame ladder, used a DeWalt reciprocating saw to cut the long portion of the excess wall. As the coworker was completing his last cut, his saw bound up, and the wall shifted. The wall struck Employee #1's head, causing him to fall from the ladder, a fall height of approximately 5 feet. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured wrist sustained in the fall.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Brace, Carpenter, Equipment Failure, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Framing, Head, Reciprocating Saw, Residential Construction, Saw, Stepladder, Struck By, Unsecured, Wall, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1390051.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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