Accident Report Detail

Accident: 120806.015 - Employee Installing Ceiling Joists Injures Head In Fall

**Accident: 120806.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 04/26/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1402083.015	05/20/2019		Gta Construction Inc.

At 4:10 p.m. on April 26, 2019, Employee #1, a framer employed by a construction company, was installing ceiling joists at a residential retirement community. The employee fell approximately 9 feet, and his head struck the concrete floor. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a he ad injury.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, carpenter, ceiling, concrete, fall, fall protection, framing, head, installing, joist, residential construction, struck against

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1402083.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	FallDist: 9 FallHt:9 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause:

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