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Accident: 132085.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall During Home Building
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1508419.015 | 12/30/2020 | Phoenix Carpentry Services, Llc |
At 11:30 a.m. on December 30, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction comp any, was engaged in carpentry work at the site of a new three-story residence. He was standing at the unprotected leading edge of an elevated floor deck and ho lding an 8-foot by 4-foot plywood sheet when a wind gust caught the plywood. Em ployee #1 lost his footing and fell, a fall height of 20 feet. He struck his he ad on a concrete column lying on the ground and sustained blunt force traumatic injuries. Employee #1 was killed.
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, carpenter, column, concrete slab, decking, fall, fall protection, head, high wind, leading edge, lost balance, residential construction, struck against, unguarded, unprotected, windy, work surface
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | 3 | X | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1508419.015 | 33 | M | Fatality | Construction laborers | FallDist: 20 FallHt:20 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: |