Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123028.015 - Employee lacerates head and bruises hip in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 123028.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 11/20/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1447395.015	12/05/2019		238130	Jose Gonzales Construction

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on November 20, 2019, an employee working as a carpenter for a framing contractor was installing roof decking on a commercial building. The employee slipped off a truss and fell to the concrete floor below. The employee lacerated the right side of his head and bruised his right hip, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carpenter, Commercial Building, Concrete, Concrete Floor, Construction, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Hip, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roof, Roof Decking, Training, Truss, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1447395.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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