Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170843270 - Employee injures back in fall from stair landing

Accident Summary Nr: 170843270 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 01/12/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125594895	01/13/2000	1711	0	Van Go Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning

Abstract: Employee #1 was showing a coworker where the HVAC electronic sensors were located in a house undergoing renovations. He was walking backward across the upper stair landing when he fell 8 ft 7 in. to the floor below; he was hospitalized for treatment of a severely bruised spinal column. The location of the stairs and the edge of the stairwell had been obscured by covering them with plastic sheeting, and the guardrail had been removed to allow coworkers to sand the drywall. The job-built, removable plywood barrier used as a guardrail could be removed and re-installed, as required by the needs of the general contractor.

Keywords: STAIR, GUARDRAIL, BARRIER GUARD, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STAIR LANDING, BACK, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125594895			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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