Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 163231.015 - Employee is killed in fall from unguarded balcony

Accident Summary Nr: 163231.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 01/17/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1721453.015	01/17/2024		238150	Ready Window Sales & Service, Corp.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on January 17, 2024, an employee was counting glass rail pieces on a third-floor balcony. The glass rail pieces fell over and pushed the employee off the edge of the unguarded balcony. The employee fell 23 feet and suffered multiple blunt-force traumas and was killed.

Keywords: Balcony, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Guardrail, Struck By, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1721453.015	49	M	Fatality		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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