Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200801454 - Construction Worker Was Injured in a 40 Ft Fall in Stairwell

Accident Summary Nr: 200801454 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 10/10/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308382365	10/11/2005	1542	236220	C.D. Smith Construction,Inc.

Abstract: On October 10, 2005, Employee #1, a construction worker was injured in a 40" foot fall. Employee #1 climbed over or through a guardrail that was around a stairwell opening that was under construction, Employee #1 stepped on some horizontal formwork that failed to support his weight and fell approximately 40" feet down the open stairwell. Employee #1 had stepped through the guardrail to remove some vertical formwork within the stairwell that was still under construction between the 2nd and 3rd floors. Some of the horizontal formwork that had supported the 2nd floor was protruding into the stairwell. Employee #1 stepped on this protruding horizontal formwork, it failed to support his weight and the employee fell. Employee #1 was hospitalized and suffered fractures as a result of the fall.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STAIR, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	6	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308382365			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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