Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129854.015 - Employee fractures ribs, collapses lung in fall from hotel

Accident Summary Nr: 129854.015 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 08/11/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1494683.015	08/12/2020	1751	238130	317727775 - L Messer Construction Llc

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on August 11, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer for a framing contractor was performing interior carpentry on a new hotel building. While the employee was rolling trusses in the building, his rope grab or lanyard came undone from the anchor point or snapped. As a result, the employee fell to the lower level. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to his ribs and a collapsed lung.

Keywords: Anchor, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Broken, Broken Bone, Building, Chest, Collapsed lung, Commercial Building, Construction, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Frame, Framing, Harness, Laborer, Lifeline, Lung, PPE, Protective Clothing, Rib, Rolling, Truss

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1494683.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 42 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 42 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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