Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122426.015 - Employee falls down elevator shaft, receives fractures to hi

Accident Summary Nr: 122426.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 06/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1413146.015	07/08/2019		238130	Trammell Construction Inc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on June 25, 2019, an employee attempted to measure an elevator shaft for elevator brackets. The employee stood on top of the top rail of the guardrail set up at the opening to reach a far section of the shaft. The employee requested assistance from a coworker, who also stood on the top guardrail. The top rail broke and both employees fell. The employee fell down the four story elevator shaft (approximately thirty feet) and struck a piece of plywood that slowed the fall on the way down. The employee received fractures to the hip and ankle and was taken to the hospital and admitted for treatment. The coworker fell to the next level and no injuries were specified.

Keywords: Ankle, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Hip, Plywood, Rail

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1413146.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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