Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119676.015 - Employee falls, hits head while carrying three window panels

Accident Summary Nr: 119676.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1398445.015	05/03/2019		238130	Langston Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on April 12, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a wood framing contractor, was working on the fourth floor at the site of a new four-story hotel. He was carrying three window panels measuring 4 feet by 2 feet over his shoulders. As he entered a room, he lost his balance and fell on a stack of drywall panels, and the window panels fell on top of him. He hit his head on an unfinished wall. After this incident, the employee had a headache and was sent home for rest. On April 17, 2019, he experienced blurry eye vision, and his son transported him to the hospital, where he was hospitalized for two days.

Keywords: Construction, Drywall, Eye, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Framing, Head, Headache, Lost Balance, Panel, Struck Against, Unstable Load, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4	47

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1398445.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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