Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118311.015 - Employee sustains concussion in fall from structure

Accident Summary Nr: 118311.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 07/09/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1418245.015	07/17/2019		238130	Paxton Contracting, Llc

Abstract: At 5:15 p.m. on July 9, 2019, an employee working as a laborer for a framing contractor had just finished wiring rebar together. The employee was standing on the structure taking a measurement of the height. The employee slipped and fell off the structure approximately 6 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a concussion and broke a bone in his hand, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Commercial Building, Concussion, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hand, Head, Laborer, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rebar, Slip, Slippery Surface, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1418245.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: 5 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause:

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