Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130449.015 - Employee breaks pelvis when crushed by falling drywall cart

Accident Summary Nr: 130449.015 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 10/06/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1498020.015	10/16/2020		236220	Associated Finish Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on October 6, 2020, an employee working as a carpenter for a building contractor was moving drywall into a commercial building. The drywall cart filled with drywall tipped over onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized to treat a crushed and broken pelvis.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Carpenter, Cart, Commercial Building, Construction, Crushed, Drywall, Falling Object, Fracture, Hip, Material Handling, Pelvis, Pinned, Unstable Load, Weather

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1498020.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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