Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131909.015 - Employee breaks both ankles in fall from platform to ground

Accident Summary Nr: 131909.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/11/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1488270.015	08/14/2020		238130	Carpenters Contractors Of America, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on August 11, 2020, an employee working as a carpenter for a framing contractor was working on a residential construction project. The employee was adjusting the height of an A/C platform. He climbed on top of the platform and hit it with a sledgehammer when one of the studs broke sending the employee to the ground. The broke both ankles and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Carpenter, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Frame, Framing, Hand Tool, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Platform, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition				12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1488270.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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