Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125487.015 - Employee fractures spine after fall from wooden platform

Accident Summary Nr: 125487.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1464794.015	02/20/2020		236115	Dale Canfield Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 3:03 p.m. on November 5, 2019, an employee working as a carpenter apprentice for a residential building contractor was building a parapet on a roof. The employee was using a 3-foot by 8-foot wooden platform to traverse a staircase. As the employee crossed the platform, the wood broke causing the employee to fall through the opening onto the 2nd floor. The employee fractured his spine and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Broke, Carpenter, Construction, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Lumber, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Platform, Raised platform, Residential Construction, Roof, Roof Opening, Spine, Walking Surface, Wood, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1464794.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter apprentices

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