Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132684.015 - Employee falls from platform and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 132684.015 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 01/21/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1511544.015	01/21/2021		236115	Sierra Concepts Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on January 21, 2021, an employee stood on a temporary platform while removing another temporary platform overhead. At some point, the employee fell approximately twenty feet down an open stairwell from the second level to the first and was killed by blunt force trauma to the head.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Stair

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1511544.015	55	M	Fatality		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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