Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129148.015 - Employee fractures legs in fall off truck offloading windows

Accident Summary Nr: 129148.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/01/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1490991.015	09/03/2020		236116	Quadrant, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on September 1, 2020, an employee working as a supervisory carpenter for a residential building contractor was offloading large widows from a BMC delivery truck. The employee was performing the work along with a coworker, the truck driver. The windows fell off the truck causing the employee to fall from the tailgate to the asphalt street below. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple fractures to both legs.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carpenter, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Lack of Work Procedures, Leg, Material Handling, Off Loading, Residential Construction, Supervisor, Tailgate, Truck, Unstable Load, Window

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1490991.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: 3 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause:

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