Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170701221 - Employee injured in fall from truss

Accident Summary Nr: 170701221 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/07/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125910547	11/21/1997	1751	0	C & H Construction

Abstract: Employee #1, a carpenter, was helping to construct a mezzanine as part of tenant improvements. He was on a truss and was reaching around an installed pipe to place a joist when the joist flipped over. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell 18 ft to the floor. He suffered a compound fracture of his left ankle, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, FRACTURE, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, LOST BALANCE, ANKLE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125910547			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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