Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200822005 - Employee injured in fall from catwalk

Accident Summary Nr: 200822005 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 04/14/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305160202	04/17/2003	1799	238990	Balestrieri Environmental & Development, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on a catwalk above a suspended ceiling in an office area. He was hanging poly sheeting for containment purposes during an asbestos abatement project. The catwalk was approximately 14 feet above the office floor and was equipped only with a top rail. As he leaned against the top rail to reach the work surface, the railing broke and he fell through the suspended ceiling to the office floor, striking a cubicle wall on the way down. The employee sustained four broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SUSPENDED CEILING, STRUCK AGAINST, RIB, CATWALK, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305160202			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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