Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200082576 - Employee Suffers Multiple Fractures in Fall from Elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 200082576 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 03/17/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308277276	03/21/2006	1542	236220	Pyramid Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: On March 17, 2006, Employee #1 fell 24 ft from a wooden box that was elevated using a rough terrain forklift truck. The operator of the forklift truck directed Employees #1 and #2 to enter the box, and he elevated them to the roof of a building to retrieve a piece of equipment. When Employee #2 stepped out of the box at the roof, the shift in weight caused the box to tilt to one side and fall. Employee #1 who was inside the box also fell. Employee #1 was not wearing fall protection and suffered severe injuries. He was hospitalized with multiple fractures to his body.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, UNSECURED, TORSO, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, WORK SURFACE, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308277276			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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