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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 115840.015 - Employee Fractures Foot When Struck By Falling Wall

**Accident: 115840.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 04/22/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1397169.015	04/29/2019		Timberworks Construction, Inc

At 10:53 a.m. on April 22, 2019, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a framin g construction company, were erecting a 4-foot by 19-foot exterior wall for a mu ltifamily residential structure. As they attempted to lift the wall into place, the wall slipped off the 4-inch concrete slab and fell onto Employee #1. Emplo yee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured right foot.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, carpenter, concrete slab, erection process, falling object, foot, fracture, framing, residential construction, struck by, wall

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1397169.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause:

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