Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14222640 - Employee killed in fall down stairs

Accident Summary Nr: 14222640 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 09/12/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123273682	09/14/2000	1742	0	Juventino Montoya

Abstract: At approximately 11:45 a.m. on September 12, 2000, Employee #1 was on the third floor of a town home under construction showing a coworker how to install handrails on the stairs. He had been measuring the area where the handrails were to be installed and showing the coworker the area. As he was walking down, he stepped at the edge of a stair, lost his footing, and fell approximately 32 ft onto a concrete floor. The medical examiner's office gave the preliminary cause of death as multiple blunt trauma to the head.

Keywords: HEAD, STAIR, CONSTRUCTION, HANDRAIL, FALL, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	3	32	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123273682			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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