Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132638.015 - Employee sustains multiple fractures in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 132638.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 01/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1511337.015	01/19/2021		238130	Hector Hernandez

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on January 13, 2021, Employee #1 and a coworker were working at height and preparing to install a framed wall for a three-story multifamily residential structure. Both were wearing fall protection, but there was excess slack in their lifelines. The coworker lost his balance, and both employees fell into an unguarded stairwell. Employee #1 fell 15 feet and struck a landing. He required hospitalization for injuries that included fractures to four ribs, a thumb, a foot, and part of his face. The coworker also fell, but from a different anchor point, and his fall arrest system caught him. He struck the ground but with reduced force, and he did not sustain injuries.

Keywords: Equipment Failure, Erection Process, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Installing, Residential Construction, Rib, Stair, Thumb, Unguarded, Unguarded Fl Opening, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1511337.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 15 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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