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Accident: 115125.015 - Two Employees Are Injured When Stairs Collapse

**Accident: 115125.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 02/22/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1381215.015	02/27/2019		Merit Contractors, Llc

At 12:30 p.m. on February 22, 2019, Employee #1, the carpentry foreman, and Empl oyee #2, the project superintendent, employed by a construction company, were co nducting a walk-through of a new two-story residential structure to evaluate pro gress on the interior construction work. They were descending a set of temporar y stairs from the upper level to the first floor when the stairs collapsed. Bot h employees fell, a fall height of approximately 15 feet, and struck the basemen t surface. Emergency services transported the employees to the hospital. Emplo yee #1 was admitted for treatment of traumatic head injuries, including a concus sion and facial nerve damage. Employee #2 was treated for a fractured wrist and released without hospitalization.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, carpenter, concussion, face, fall, fall protection, fracture, head, inspecting, nerve damage, residential construction, stair, structural collapse, wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1381215.015		M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction/Building Inspector	FallDist: 15 FallHt:0 Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause:
2	1381215.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction/Building Inspector	FallDist: 15 FallHt:0 Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause:

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