Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170618094 - Employee injured in fall from building while framing walls

Accident Summary Nr: 170618094 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/10/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125796623	03/17/1998	1522	0	Bolin Construction

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on March 10, 1998, Employee #1, a carpenter with Bolin Construction, was framing an exterior wall on the top floor of a three-story wood frame residential construction project. Exterior plywood sheeting had been applied and he was pulling a chalk line across the lower portion of the wall for placement of a metal earthquake strap. Employee #1 reached the end of the wall and backed over the edge, falling 21 ft to the ground. Emergency medical help was summoned and he was transported by Life Flight to the University of California- Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA. The exterior lines of the building were irregular and Employee #1 fell in an area where a patio deck would later be placed. The adjacent framed wall was 4 ft in back of the one being framed by Employee #1.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, BARRIER GUARD, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING BACKWARD, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	3	21

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125796623			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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