Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200961001 - Employee injured in fall from drywall overhang

Accident Summary Nr: 200961001 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 05/07/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300685542	05/09/1997	1751	0	Steve Shacka T/A Quality Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were constructing a two-story building for the Brooke Grove Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provided assisted care living. They had constructed a 7 ft 9 in. high by 30 ft long wall of 2 by 4 structural members overlaid with plywood and drywall. The drywall hung 20 in. past the end of the wall. The wall had been built on the second floor of the building. Just before it was to be lifted into place, a coworker on the first floor called up to ask if the crowbar was up there. Employee #1 began walking along the wall, which was lying on the floor, when he stepped on the drywall overhang and fell 11 ft to the first floor. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: WALL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WORK SURFACE, INATTENTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300685542			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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