Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116216.015 - Employee fractures ribs in fall during ceiling demolition

Accident Summary Nr: 116216.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 05/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1400422.015	05/13/2019		236210	Industrial Construction Services Inc

Abstract: At 1:40 p.m. on May 8, 2019, Employee #1 was engaged in a commercial building demolition. He was using a cordless reciprocating saw to cut the seams of a 6-inch thick by 4-foot wide by 12-foot long insulated drop ceiling panel. He was positioned between the ceiling joist and the drop ceiling when the ceiling broke free from the suspension rods and fell. The employee fell and struck the concrete floor, a fall height of 11.5 feet. He was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of four fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.

Keywords: Collapsed lung, Concrete, Construction, Cutting, Demolition, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Joist, Reciprocating Saw, Rib, Struck Against, Suspended Ceiling

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition				11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1400422.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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