Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200600377 - Employee killed in backward fall from stair landing

Accident Summary Nr: 200600377 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/22/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300438165	07/22/1998	1522	0	Philip O. Poulin

Abstract: Employee #1 was carrying cabinets up to a third floor apartment that was being remodeled when he stepped backward off an unguarded stair landing and fell approximately 15 ft onto a concrete slab. He sustained a fractured skull and was transported to the hospital, where he died several days later.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, BARRIER GUARD, CONSTRUCTION, STAIR LANDING, SKULL, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	3	24	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300438165			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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