Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119819795 - Employee suffers fractured vertebrae after falling 30 feet

Accident Summary Nr: 119819795 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 01/16/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119819795	03/05/2003	1751	238130	Wildwood Structures Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on January 16, 2003, Employee # 1 was working for a wood framing subcontractor at 5107 District Boulevard in Vernon, California. Employee #1 was welding the steel hangers to steel ledgers along the perimeter of the building. As he struck the welding gun on the steel hanger and ledger to finish the second side of the steel hanger, the plywood that he was kneeling on pivoted. This caused him to lose his balance and fall through an unguarded, 2 ft-wide and 8 ft-long, opening. He fell 30 ft and landed on the concrete footing of the wall. Employee #1 sustained a fractured veterbrae and was hospitalized. A causal factor of the accident is that, the employee was not tied off.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, WELDER, WELDING, FALL, LOST BALANCE, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119819795			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Final Attachment Deck (Wel Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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