Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132994.015 - Employee injures back in fall when stair landing collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 132994.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 01/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1513213.015	01/13/2021		238310	Premier Wall Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on January 9, 2021, Employee #1, employed by a drywall contractor, was unloading drywall mud from a building's fourth floor window onto a stair landing. The employee stacked approximately 2,000 pounds of drywall mud onto the landing, an excessive load which caused the stairwell to collapse. The employee fell with the structure. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of bruising and vertebral damage to his back.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Drywall, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Loading, Overloaded, Stair, Stair Landing, Structural Collapse, Vertebra, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1513213.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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