Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117965.015 - Employee maneuvering drywall breaks feet in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 117965.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1415468.015	07/16/2019		236220	Garling Construction Inc

Abstract: At 11:15 on July 9, 2019, an employee working as a construction laborer for a building contractor was fireproofing an elevator shaft of a multi-family residential building. The employee was using a 24-foot extension ladder between the first and second stories to fireproof a void in between the second story wall and the elevator shaft. As the employee was helping maneuver a piece of drywall between the studs, he lost his footing. The employee fell feet first nearly 17 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee fractured the calcaneus bone in both feet and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Building, Concrete Floor, Construction, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Installing, Laborer, Lost Balance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Reaching From Ladder, Residential Construction, Training, Work Surface

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1415468.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fireproofing Fatality Cause:

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