Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115725.015 - Employee falls three stories down and fractures vertebrate

Accident Summary Nr: 115725.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 04/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1396148.015	04/24/2019		922160	Precision Fire Systems Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on April 12, 2019, an employee was installing fire sprinkler piping on an apartment located on the third floor. After installing the pipe for the sprinkler head facing the balcony, the employee went onto the third floor unprotected balcony to ensure the newly installed pipe was straight. As he looked up to the pipe, he kept walking backward. The employee fell from the unprotected balcony down 32 feet to the ground. The employee fractured the vertebrate and thumb and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Fall, Fracture, Installing, Thumb, Unprotected, Vertebra, Walk Platform, Walking Backward

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			4	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1396148.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause:

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