Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171056468 - Employee injured in fall while framing house

Accident Summary Nr: 171056468 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 04/29/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126787399	04/29/1998	1751	0	Canyon Summit Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was framing a house, working from a plank installed on top of the floor joists over the garage. He was using a hand-held, worm drive Skilsaw to cut off the ends of the joists so they would line up with the second floor exterior wall framing to be installed later. He was leaning over and down to cut off the end of the joists when he and the saw fell 11 ft 8 in. to the concrete garage floor. He suffered a concussion, for which he was hospitalized. There were no witnesses, but a coworker and the company's owner heard a crash when Employee #1 and the saw hit the ground. None of the second floor area had been framed at the time of the accident. Employee #1 was not using any form of fall protection.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, PORTABLE POWER TOOL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CIRCULAR SAW, PLANK, SAW, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

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	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126787399			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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