Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170870679 - Employee Injured in Fall From Elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 170870679 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/27/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125790428	10/04/2001	1521	0	Erickson Carpentry

Abstract: On August 28, 2001, Employee #1 of Erickson Carpentry Constructors was injured on a construction site of a single family home development. He was sheeting the second story floor with plywood and left a sheet over hang the side of the rim joist. He tack nailed the piece in place with two nails and proceeded to mark the sheet to be cut. When he stepped on the over hanging sheet, it pulled from its nails causing him to fall off the side of the building. Employee #1 fell on the staircase leading to the second floor. The floor height was nine feet and the fall to the staircase was six feet. Employee #1 sustained a fractured skull and was hospitalized for two weeks.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, JOIST, NAIL, SKULL, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	9

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125790428			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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