Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 128841.015 - Employee dies after falling through floor opening

Accident Summary Nr: 128841.015 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 08/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1489238.015	08/20/2020		236115	Jozefko Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on August 20, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were working at a four-story multifamily residential construction project. They was dismantling framing around a bathroom floor opening as a result of design plan changes. Employee #1, who was wearing a hardhat but no fall protection, fell through the unsecured 3-foot by 3-foot floor opening, a fall height of 10 feet, and struck his head on the stairs below the opening. He sustained blunt force traumatic head injuries. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Brain, Dismantling, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Opening, Framing, Hard Hat, Head, Residential Construction, Struck Against, Unguarded Fl Opening, Unsecured

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1489238.015	70	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 0 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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