Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200021657 - Employee injured in fall from pile of sheeting

Accident Summary Nr: 200021657 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 12/08/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302136254	12/08/1999	1751	0	Fernando Castilho

Abstract: Employee #1, part of a crew that was sheathing a floor, was trying to turn over a piece of floor sheathing that was lying upside down on a pile of sheets. He was walking backward as he tried to flip the sheet and fell 9 ft 4 in. off the unsecured pile of sheeting onto the concrete floor. He sustained a fractured wrist and lacerations to his forehead and ear. Subsequent investigation revealed that no fall protection system, or an alternative procedure as allowed by OSHA construction standard 3-0.1a, had been implemented.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING BACKWARD, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302136254			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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