Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201167665 - Employee Is Injured in Fall While Framing Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201167665 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 01/13/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126156835	02/15/2006	1751	238130	Dnm Construction Company Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on January 13, 2006, Employee #1, a framer, was framing the roof of a building. As he was standing on joists near the edge of a stairway opening, he bent down to pick up a tool before moving to another location. He felt like he was about to fall forward between the joists. In an attempt to avoid falling forward through the joists, he stood up quickly. Instead, he fell backwards through the stairway opening and landed on a stairway platform that was approximately 15 feet below, where he was standing on the joists. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to UCLA Medical Center, where he was hospitalized and treated for compression fractures to his second and third lumber vertebrae.

Keywords: FRACTURE, JOIST, CARPENTER, FALL, LOST BALANCE, VERTEBRA

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126156835			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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