Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200612307 - Employee Is Injured In Fall From Garage Decking

**Accident: 200612307 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 06/30/2006**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
309552024	06/30/2006	1522	G.R. Porter & Sons, Inc.

Employee #1, a foreman, and coworkers were building a large, multiple bay garage. They were decking over the first floor of the garage when Employee #1 went to the edge of the building to take a measurement. As he bent over, he lost his balance and fell approximately 11 feet to the concrete footing. He was hospitalized with a fracture.

Keywords: decking, carpenter, construction, fall, fall protection, lost balance, untrained

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	309552024			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:12 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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