Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129913.015 - Employee falls from unprotected edge and fractures wrist

Accident Summary Nr: 129913.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 02/17/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1473516.015	04/28/2020		238130	United Production Framing, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on February 17, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction framing contractor, was installing plywood sheets onto the floor joists of the fourth floor of a wood framed apartment building. Employee #1 pulled the plywood sheets from the stack which was placed on the floor joists of the fourth story. Employee #1 pulled one piece of plywood from the stack near an unprotected edge. Employee#1 lost his footing and slipped and fell off the edge, about a ten foot fall. Employee #1 suffered a wrist fracture and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Commercial Building, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Flooring , Fracture, Framing, Installing, Lost Balance, Plywood, Slip, Unprotected, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			4	55

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1473516.015	19	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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