Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200690626 - Employee falls from second floor elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 200690626 -- Report ID: 0112600 -- Event Date: 06/22/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306276379	06/24/2004	1521	236115	Gary Woods Custom Carpentry

Abstract: On June 22, 2004, Employee # 1 and a coworker were performing framing work on a single family home. Prior to the accident the two workers unloaded lumber from a delivery truck. The coworker was on the first floor sending lumber up to the second floor to Employee #1. After unloading the lumber, the coworker went back to work cutting lumber. The coworker needed assistance from Employee #1, he called out for Employee #1, and there was no response. The coworker thought that Employee #1 had gone into the woods to use the bathroom. After a few minutes the coworker started to get a "bad feeling". The coworker started looking around for Employee #1; he found Employee #1 lying on the concrete floor in the basement beneath the hole that was cut out for the stairway. Employee #1 was unconscious, and laying on his right side bleeding from the nose, mouth and ears. The coworker did not see Employee #1 fall from the second floor into the basement. Emergency assistance arrived and life-flight was dispatched. Employee #1 passed away as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: STAIR, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, VENTILATION, FLOOR HOLE, NOSE, LACERATION, LUMBER, TRUCK, FALL, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306276379			Fatality	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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