Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201050101 - Employee injured in fall down open garbage shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 201050101 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 04/05/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119783330	05/06/1996	1761	0	C&R Interiors

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping to put a piece of dry wall into a garbage shaft when he fell approximately one story down the chute. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization. The shaft was not covered and the lighting was poor.

Keywords: COVER, WORK RULES, OPEN SHAFT, CONSTRUCTION, SHAFT, LIGHTING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNGUARDED, POOR VISIBILITY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119783330			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 36 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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