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Accident Summary Nr: 116662.015 - Employee falls from unsupported joist, fractures ribs and le

Accident Summary Nr: 116662.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 12/05/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1365760.015	12/12/2018		236115	Wright Residential Construction Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on December 5, 2018, Employee #1 and Coworkers #1 and #2, employed by a residential construction company, were engaged in building a new two-story wood-frame single-family residence. Employee #1 and Coworker #1 were in the basement space to set and block joists that would be the ceiling for the basement and the floor for the house's primary living area. Coworker #2, the Lead Carpenter, was in the basement and had just removed a ledger that was supporting five joists that were not set on an existing top plate or other supporting structure. Coworker #2 verbally instructed Coworker #1 to avoid the five unsupported joists. Employee #1, who was approximately 50 feet away, did not hear the instruction. Coworker #1 left the work area to cut a joist. Coworker #2 left the work area to get more hangers for the unsupported joists. Within approximately two minutes, Employee #1 returned to the work area and walked onto the unsupported/unbraced joists. The joists gave way, and Employee #1 fell, first becoming entangled in a brace during the fall and then striking the concrete surface and a timber slab laying on the concrete, for a total fall height of approximately 10.5 feet. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple fractured ribs and a fractured lower leg (fibula).

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Brace, Bracing, Concrete, Entangled, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Joist, Leg, Residential Construction, Rib, Struck Against, Unsecured, Wood Slab

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1365760.015	23	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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