Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201159274 - Employee Falls from Joist and Fractures Arm

Accident Summary Nr: 201159274 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 02/20/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300865136	03/10/2004	1751	238130	Pabon Construction

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on February 20, 2004, Employee #1 was hanging joists on the second floor of a three-story building. The joists were two inches shorter than required, however the employee was instructed to use them. Employee #1 walked across the metal structure to the area where the joists were staged. He picked up a joist and walked back across the metal structure with the joist to the area where the joist was to be hung. As Employee #1 stepped on a previously installed joist to place the joist he was holding in the hanger, the joist his foot was on moved. Employee #1 fell approximately 13 feet to the concrete floor, fracturing his left humerus. He was transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where he was admitted for surgery. Employee #1 was wearing a hard hat, a harness, and a retractable lanyard but was not tied off.

Keywords: FRACTURE, JOIST, PPE, CARPENTER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300865136			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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