Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201155025 - Employee Fell from Cieling Joist

Accident Summary Nr: 201155025 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/30/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125969659	09/04/2001	1542	0	Corona Constructors, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 7:49 a.m. on August 30, 2001, Employee #1 sustained a broken back and skull fracture when he fell 8 ft off ceiling joists to a concrete floor while working at a construction site. Employee was taken to the hospital where he was admitted with a severed spinal column at T10 and 11. Employee #1 was paralyzed from the waist down.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PARALYSIS, JOIST, CEILING, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125969659			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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