Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132663.015 - Employee fractures head, lacerates back in fall from bench

Accident Summary Nr: 132663.015 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 08/11/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1488393.015	08/12/2020		238310	California Drywall Co.

Abstract: At 5:10 a.m. on August 11, 2020, an employee working as a lead for a drywall contractor on a commercial building project installing drywall. The injured employee, Employee #1, is employed as a lead man. The employee was standing on a 4-foot-tall step-up bench measuring the ceiling. The employee stepped off the side of the bench and fell to the ground. The employee lacerated the back of his head and broke two vertebra, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Building, Ceiling, Commercial Building, Construction, Contusion, Drywall, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Installing, Laceration, Lead, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1488393.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers

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