Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200821288 - Employee injured in fall through stairway opening

Accident Summary Nr: 200821288 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 07/02/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304159262	07/02/2001	1751	0	Lenny Szarek, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, an apprentice carpenter, was working with a journeyman carpenter on the second floor of a single family home in a new subdivision development. The coworker had laid out the long wall on the floor for Employee #1 to assemble. The top 6 ft of the wall was lying over a stairway opening in the floor. Employee #1 was putting together the wall when he fell through the opening onto the concrete basement floor. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization. The stairway opening had not been covered or otherwise protected.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, BARRIER GUARD, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INEXPERIENCE, FALL, FLOOR OPENING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304159262			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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