Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200555209 - Employee Falls on Unguarded Stairs, Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200555209 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 03/11/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311523088	03/26/2008	1522	236116	John L Crosby Llc

Abstract: At approximately 7:15 a.m. on March 11, 2008, Employee #1 was transiting a set of stairs to conduct clean-up operations on the upper levels of a construction project. Neither the stairs nor the stair landings had a railing system installed. Employee #1 fell approximately 17 ft from the second stair platform to the concrete. Employee #1 was taken to a local hospital and died on March 24, 2008.

Keywords: STAIR, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, STAIR LANDING, FALL, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311523088			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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