Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200355816 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Second Story

Accident Summary Nr: 200355816 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 10/24/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310501523	12/07/2006	1799	238910	Cridenhourdbacoastalcarolinaconstcleanup/Truckin

Abstract: On October 24, 2006, an employee was assisting moving trusses from the ground to the second floor of a two-story house that was being constructed. The employee was on the first floor handing the trusses up to the second floor, when he stepped back into an unguarded stairway opening, falling 17-ft onto hard packed dirt. The employee's back was broken in three places and remained in the New Hanover Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation Center. He was paralyzed from the chest down, and doctors noted that he would not be able walk again.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PARALYSIS, TRUSS, SPINE, UNSECURED, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	17

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310501523			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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