Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116748.015 - Employee is killed in fall from stairwell

Accident Summary Nr: 116748.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 06/01/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405048.015	06/02/2019		236116	Cmet Enterprise Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on June 1, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker were working at a multiemployer construction project, a three-story multifamily residential building. Employee #1 was serving as a helper for his coworker, who was installing roof truss bracing. Employee #1 fell off the edge of the unguarded third floor stairwell, a fall height of 20 feet. His skull was fractured in the fall, and he was killed.

Keywords: Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Installing, Residential Construction, Roof, Roof Bracket, Skull, Stair, Truss, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1405048.015	52	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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