Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131583.015 - Employee dies after fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 131583.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 12/08/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1505787.015	12/09/2020		236220	Centurion Industries, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on December 8, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was installing a platform and staircase for emergency access/egress at a commercial building. He was working from an extension ladder leaned against a 6-inch wide vertical steel column, with the two rails not supported equally and no single support attachment. Employee #1 was drilling holes under the surface of the horizontal steel platform when the drill became caught and hung up, which caused the drill to spin. The spinning drill struck the employee in the head and knocked him off the ladder. The employee fell, a fall height of 10 feet, and struck the concrete surface. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of blunt force traumatic head injuries. Employee #1 died at the hospital.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Blunt force trauma, Caught By, Construction, Drill, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Leaning over, Platform, Stair, Stair Landing, Struck By, Unsecured, Unstable Position

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				18	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1505787.015	58	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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