Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201114980 - Employee is injured when struck in face by fall wall

Accident Summary Nr: 201114980 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 09/13/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126188267	10/04/2002	1751	0	Weslar

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on September 13, 2002, Employee #1 was working on the first floor level of West Building Number 5 when a coworker on the ground saw a 25-in. by 41-in. wooden frame wall falling from the fourth floor. He yelled to Employee #1, but just as he looked up the falling wall struck him on the face and nose. Employee #1 was transported to Henry Mayo Hospital, where he received stitches to close head lacerations and underwent surgery on his nose. He was released three days after the accident.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, NOSE, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126188267			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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