Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135794.015 - Employee sustains head injuries in fall off wall to concrete

Accident Summary Nr: 135794.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 12/02/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1510465.015	01/13/2021		236220	Dove Construction

Abstract: At 4:40 p.m. on December 2, 2020, an employee working as a construction laborer for a commercial building contractor was installing joists for a deck inside a new section of a laundromat. The employee was walking along the top of a 4-inch-wide wall approximately 8 feet above the concrete pavement when he fell. The employee was hospitalized to treat a concussion and a head laceration. He developed amnesia and only recalls waking up in the ambulance.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Concussion, Construction, Decking, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Installing, Joist, Laborer, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Unknown, Walking Surface, Wall, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1510465.015	66	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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