Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200966596 - Employee Falls 13 feet Over Guardrail

Accident Summary Nr: 200966596 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 06/26/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304529910	06/26/2001	1751	0	Black Diamond Builders

Abstract: Employee #1 was assisting with the installation of a metal header of a metal-stud-framed doorway. The doorway lead to a stairwell that was open to the third floor. The stairwell had a properly installed guardrail system on the north, east, and west sides. The south side of the stairwell was next to the exterior wall at the door's rough opening. The door opening had a metal guardrail system installed on the door opening. Employee #1 was standing on the second step of a five foot step ladder. He lost his balance and fell over the top rail of the guardrail system. Employee #1 fell approximately 13 feet to the concrete on the third floor. Employee #1 hit the floor with his arms, then his head. He had a compound fracture of both radius and ulna, a fractured both wrists, and a laceration on his left side of his head above the eye. Employee #1 was taken to the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304529910			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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