Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200772564 - Employee Injured In Deck Collapse

**Accident: 200772564 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 04/12/2003**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
306095522	04/14/2003	1751	Francisco Autunez

On April 12, 2003, Employee #1 and two coworkers were erecting an exterior deck when the deck collapsed. The deck was not properly secured to the structure before the employees stepped onto it to perform work. Employee #1 was injured and hospitalized with a fracture. The employees were not using fall protection at the time of the collapse.

Keywords: collapse, ppe, carpenter, fall, fall protection

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	4	44

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	306095522			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:11 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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