Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201157252 - Employee falls from second floor and injured

Accident Summary Nr: 201157252 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/19/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300862042	04/30/2003	1751	238130	Stephen Wilson Construction,Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on April 19, 2003, an employee of Stephen Wilson Construction Inc. was working on the second floor of a residential home. He was standing close to the edge of the second floor near the fireplace chimney in the southeast corner of the house. The employee was trying to throw an extension cord to the next house when he stepped on a loose board and fell to the ground. The height of the second floor was 9 ft 1 in. above the ground level. The employee sustained a fracture on his left elbow and his spleen had to be removed while he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SPLEEN, FALL, ELBOW

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300862042			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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