Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116419.015 - Employee injures back and wrist in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 116419.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 05/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1402231.015	05/16/2019		236220	Csc Construction

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on May 14, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in steel erection for a new commercial building. He was transitioning to the roof from a forklift platform attached to a Caterpillar Material Handler TL642, TL943, Serial GOJ020000465. The employee fell from the roof, a fall height of approximately 18 feet. He was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a compression fracture to the back and a dislocated right wrist.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Dislocated, Fall, Fall Protection, Forklift, Fracture, Roof, Spine, Work Surface, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1402231.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 18 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Moving Point To Point Fatality Cause:

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