Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117103.015 - Employee falls from scissor lift, fractures spine, and dies

Accident Summary Nr: 117103.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 06/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1408070.015	06/10/2019		238310	Reymundo Barajas Garcia

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on June 9, 2019, Employee #1 was working at a multiemployer construction project, a one-story commercial building. He was working from a scissor lift and installing sheetrock for the ceiling when he fell, a fall height of 19 feet. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he received treatment for fractured vertebrae. He died at the hospital after 21 days of in-patient care. NOTE: June 9 is not the correct incident date. According to two different online obits, it is the day of employee's death at the hospital.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Back, Building, Ceiling, Ceiling Panel, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Spine, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	19	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1408070.015	40	M	Fatality		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 19 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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