Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201062668 - Employee injured when he fell 10 ft

Accident Summary Nr: 201062668 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/14/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120277413	08/18/1999	1742	0	Macord Construction Corp

Abstract: At approximately 11:40 a.m. on August 14, 1999, a drywall worker was seriously injured when he fell approximately 10 ft from the second-floor of a new home under construction. The employee was using a special tool for taping nail holes on ceiling drywall. The 2-in. by 4-in. guardrail that was installed by the framing contractor on the stairway and landing had been removed by the drywall crew and not reinstalled after installing the drywall. The employee was walking backwards while holding the taping tool against the ceiling nail line. He stepped off the edge of the second floor landing and fell to the concrete floor below. A coworker ran to report the accident to the general superintendent while first aid was administered. Paramedics arrived in about five minutes and transported the employee to a local trauma center. Doctors removed the spleen and the worker sustained facial, rib and pelvic fractures. Company was cited for not maintaining guardrails for employee protection, along with other scaffolding violations observed during the inspection. The employee was hospitalized for five days.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, SPLEEN, GUARD, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, FALL, FACE, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120277413			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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