Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170831424 - Employee's head injured in fall from edge of building

Accident Summary Nr: 170831424 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 05/15/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302741509	05/17/1999	1751	0	David Smith, D/B/A Northeast Structures

Abstract: Employee #1 and four coworkers were framing the sides of the third floor of a hotel under construction. Employee #1 was using the claws of his hammer to lift up a wall frame from the floor when the claws slipped off the frame. The sudden release of tension caused him to fall backward 20 ft over the edge to the ground. He sustained a laceration to the back of his head that required stitches to close. He was taken by ambulance to Frederick Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and later released after a period of observation.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, HAND TOOL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302741509			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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