Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128716.015 - Employee steps backward, falls, and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 128716.015 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 08/12/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1488550.015	08/14/2020		238130	Ruben Escorza-Dimas

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on August 12, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction framing company, was framing an exterior wall at a multi-employer project, a new two-story residence. He was working from the second story and applying weather proofing to the wall prior to erection. Employee #1 stepped backward, fell 11 feet, and struck his head on a piece of lumber. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Carpenter, Erection Process, Fall, Fall Protection, Framing, Head, Lumber, Residential Construction, Struck Against, Thermal Insulation, Walking Backward, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1488550.015	27	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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