Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124278.015 - Employee sustains fractures in fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 124278.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 01/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1465219.015	01/28/2020		238220	Ranger Fire, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on January 20, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a plumbing and heating contractor, was walking to the restroom at the job site, a new four-story multifamily residential structure. The employee peered down an elevator shaft and fell down the shaft, a fall height of 27 feet. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of fractured thoracic vertebrae.

Keywords: Elevator Shaft, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, HVAC, Installing, Residential Construction, Unguarded, Unprotected, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			4	38

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1465219.015	1	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 27 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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