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Accident Summary Nr: 130031.015 - Employee dies after falling through collapsing attic floor

Accident Summary Nr: 130031.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 09/29/2020
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1495708.01509/30/2020238220American Residential Services Of Florida, Inc.

Abstract: On September 16, 2020, Employee #1, employed as a salesperson by an HVAC company, entered the attic of a single-family residence to evaluate the air conditioning unit's air handler. As he walked on the attic's sheetrock floor, the sheetrock collapsed. The employee fell to the garage floor, a fall height of approximately 10 feet. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of multiple blunt force injuries to the head and torso. He remained hospitalized until his death on September 29, 2020.

Keywords: Air Conditioner, Attic, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, HVAC, Head, Inspecting, Residential Construction, Sheetrock, Skull, Structural Collapse, Torso

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1495708.015 60 M Fatality Inspectors, testers and graders

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