Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201095924 - Employee sustains fractures and paralysis from fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201095924 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 03/15/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300812989	04/12/2002	1521	0	M & D Construction

Abstract: At approximately 2:39 p.m. on March 15, 2002, Employee #1, was involved in setting up modular offices at construction sites for GE Capital. The employee had seven years experience with the company and 28 years in the trade (setting up offices). Employee #1 was climbing the ladder to access the roof and was carrying a torch to heat up the pit seal to join the two halves and weatherproof it. Employee #1 was on the second to last step from the roof when suddenly a gust of wind blew him and the extension ladder that he was using to access the roof. Employee #1 fell approximately 12 ft. landing on his head first. Employee #1 was taken to Saint John's Emergency Room where he was hospitalized for 46 days. Employee #1 was later transferred to Saint Jude Hospital in Fullerton, CA and then to Care Meridian in Artesia, CA. Employee #1 sustained a broken neck, broken spinal cord, crushed chest, and paralysis as a result of the fall.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGH WIND, PARALYSIS, EXTENSION LADDER, ROOF, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, TORCH, FALL, NECK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other		Under $50,000	1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300812989			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Waterproofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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