Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201067709 - Two Employees Fall from Elevated Platform and Are Injured

Accident Summary Nr: 201067709 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/14/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125943951	07/20/2004	1521	236115	J Alvarez Construction Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:15 a.m. on July 14, 2004, three employees were being lifted to the third story of residential apartment complex under new construction inside a basket. The three employees in the elevated platform were all framers. One employee, Employee #3, successfully exited the platform at the third floor level of the building causing a shift in the weight of the basket, making it unstable on the forks of the industrial truck. The basket tipped over with the two employees still inside basket. Employee #1 and Employee #2 fell to the ground with the top of the elevated basket falling on top of them. Employee #1 sustain a broken right tibia and head injuries and Employee #2 is permanently paralyzed from his neck to his toes as a result of the three-story fall from the unsecured elevated basket lifted by an industrial truck. Both employees were hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, PARALYSIS, TIBIA, UNSECURED, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	3	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125943951			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)
2	125943951			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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