Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200881191 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Lumber

Accident Summary Nr: 200881191 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 08/03/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309383420	08/07/2006	1522	236118	Daniel E. Mccarthy, Jr Dba Cornerstone Contracting

Abstract: On August 3, 2006, Employee #1 was working for a construction contractor, transferring rough cut lumber from a stack and loading it onto a pickup truck at a lumber yard. The lumber was stacked in the drying area of the yard with "stickers" (spacers) between the layers of boards. The lumber stacks consisted of rough cut pine boards of varying sizes. Lengths were from 12 to 14 feet, widths were from 6 inches to 12 inches, and the thickness was from 1 inch to 1.5 inches. Stack heights ranged from 3 feet to 12 feet. As Employee #1 loaded boards onto the ladder rack, an adjacent stack estimated to be 12 feet high fell. It struck Employee #1 and crushed him against the back of the truck. He was killed due to a head concussion.

Keywords: HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, FALLING OBJECT, LUMBER STACK, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309383420			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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