Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124178.015 - Employee injures head and arm after fall from elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 124178.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 09/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1433722.015	09/26/2019		236118	Area Development, Inc.

Abstract: On September 25, 2019, the Division received an accident report from the employer, Area Development, Inc. The report stated that an employee had fallen from an elevated work platform through an elevator shaft, resulting in a hospitalization. The Division opened an inspection on September 26, 2019. At 3:30 p.m. on September 23, 2019, an employee was hired to assist the welder who was working on the third floor of the building near an elevator shaft. The employee stepped out onto a work platform that was not properly engineered or secured, without fall protection, and the plywood that he was standing on could not support his weight. The employee fell from the third story to the first story of the building. The employee was hospitalized for five days to treat injuries that he sustained to his head and arm.

Keywords: Arm, Elevated Work Platform, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Plywood, Unsecured, Welder

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1433722.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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