Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200613305 - Worker Is Injured in Fall While Climbing Stairs

Accident Summary Nr: 200613305 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 07/27/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314043951	07/28/2010	1795	238910	North Ridge Contracting Inc.

Abstract: An employee was climbing a metal pan stairwell that had not been filled in (i.e., the metal forms were missing the concrete) and from which the handrails had been removed. He tripped on the metal pan stairs and fell fourteen feet to a lower level. He sustained multiple unspecified fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, CONSTRUCTION, HANDRAIL, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	4	42

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314043951			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 42 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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