Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201072030 - Employee fractures skull in fall from first-story plate

Accident Summary Nr: 201072030 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/30/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310814736	01/31/2008	1751	238130	B And B Framing

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on August 30, 2007, Employee #1 was stacking trusses on the first-story plate at a site in Victorville, CA, when he fell approximately 9 ft to the ground. He sustained a temporal bone fracture to his skull and hemorrhaging. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to Loma Linda Medical Center, where he underwent surgery.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEMORRHAGE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	9

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310814736			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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