Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119926.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 119926.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428461.015	09/05/2019		238310	Rwh Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on September 4, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, the employee's supervisor, were working at a multifamily residential construction project. Employee #1 was unloading 25 five-gallon paint containers to a third floor balcony from a job-made elevated work platform sitting on top of the forks of a JLG all-terrain forklift. The forklift was operated by the supervisor. Employee #1 was not using any means of fall protection, and the work platform was not securely attached to the forklift's forks. The elevated work platform began to tip to the side. The platform and Employee #1, along with the materials, fell off of the forks of the forklift, a fall height of 30-feet. Emergency services were summoned, and Employee #1 was transported and admitted to the hospital. He required treatment for head trauma, a fractured rib, and multiple lacerations, contusions, and abrasions over his entire body.

Keywords: Abrasion, Attachment Hook, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Forklift, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Residential Construction, Rib, Traumatic, Unloading, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1428461.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: 25 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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