Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138628.015 - Construction worker falls from roof, suffers spinal fracture

Accident Summary Nr: 138628.015 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 10/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1507009.015	12/14/2020		236210	Gambril Development, Inc.

Abstract: At around 4:20 or 4:36 p.m. on October 21, 2020, an employee was working for a construction firm. He was a construction laborer. He was working on the second story of a wood framed building structure. He was walking on the trusses installing the roof sheathing. He was nailing down a piece of plywood when it shifted underneath him. The employee slipped and fell about 10 feet (3.0 m) to the lower wooden level and then an additional 10 feet (3.0 m) to the ground. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital and admitted for treatment of multiple spine fractures. The employer did not report the incident on a timely basis.

Keywords: Back, Construction, Emergency Response, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, I2P2, Laborer, Reporting, Residential Construction, Spine, Training, Vertebra, Work at Elevation

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1507009.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 19 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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