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Accident Summary Nr: 125237.015 - Two employees incur lacerations and contusions when struck b

Accident Summary Nr: 125237.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 01/31/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1459908.015	01/31/2020		238130	Weo Carpentry Llc

Abstract: At 8:28 a.m. on January 31, 2020, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were performing framing activities on the fourth floor of an apartment building. Employee #1 and Employee #2 were standing up a full sheathed 12 ?-foot wide by 18 ?-foot long wooden exterior wall. The nails securing the base failed and the bottom section of the wall kicked out, the wall fell down, and Employee #1 and Employee #2 were crushed and trapped under the wall. Employee #1 sustained a compound fracture to his right leg and Employee # 2 fractured their vertebrae. Employee #1 and Employee #2 sustained multiple lacerations and contusions to their backs and legs, and both were hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Compound Fracture, Construction, Contusion, Crushed, Falling Object, Fracture, Installing, Laceration, Leg, Nail, Residential Construction, Struck By, Trapped, Vertebra, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			4	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1459908.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:
2	1459908.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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