Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147533.015 - Employee is killed after fall from balcony to concrete

Accident Summary Nr: 147533.015 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 06/17/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1605757.015	06/18/2022		531312	Karl Patrick

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on June 17, 2022, an employee was removing carpet from a room when he tried to throw the carpet off the balcony. The carpet got caught on the railing causing him, the railing and the carpet to fall to the ground. The employee incurred blunt force trauma from impact with the concrete ground below. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Abrasion, Balcony, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught By, Concrete Floor, Contusion, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Head, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Supervision

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1605757.015	45	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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