Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200961563 - Employee injured in fall through floor opening

Accident Summary Nr: 200961563 -- Report ID: 0352460 -- Event Date: 10/28/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300691128	10/28/1997	1751	0	Brian Sheehan, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and three coworkers were using a crane to hoist a bundle of 1 in. by 4 in. by 16 ft lumber through an unfinished roof opening to the second floor of a house under construction. Employee #1 and his supervisor were using 2 by 4 lumber to guide and steady the load instead of tag lines when it became caught by a gust of wind. The load pivoted, causing Employee #1 to step backward into an unguarded floor opening. He fell 21 ft to the basement floor, striking and breaking the 2 by 4 he was holding. He struck the floor in a knees-flexed supine position, fracturing his nose and one vertebra. Employee #1 was transported to Anne Arundel County General Hospital, where he was treated and released.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGH WIND, HOISTING MECHANISM, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, WALKING BACKWARD, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300691128			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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