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Accident Summary Nr: 118577.015 - One employee is paralyzed; two others are hurt when wall col

Accident Summary Nr: 118577.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 08/03/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1420373.015	08/03/2019		238130	B&Z Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:10 p.m. on August 3, 2019, nine employees were working for a framing contractor. They were performing exterior carpentry. They were on a construction project of new work on or an addition to a single-family or duplex dwelling. They were lifting and setting a 38 foot long by 12 foot high (11.6 meter long by 3.7 meter high) wood framed exterior wall. The wall fell backward in their direction. Three employees were not able to move out of the way, and the wall fell on top of them. Those three employees were hospitalized. Employee #1 suffered a broken back. He was paralyzed from the waist down. Employee #2 suffered a broken pelvis and two broken ribs. Employee #3 suffered a fracture to the lower leg and a laceration requiring 28 staples to close. The remaining employees were treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Broken Bone, Carpenter, Collapse, Construction, Emergency Response, Falling Object, Fracture, Framing, Laceration, Leg, Paralysis, Pelvis, Residential Construction, Rib, Spine, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Unstable Position, Vertebra, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			3	56

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1420373.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
2	1420373.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:
3	1420373.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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