Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201168861 - Employee Injured in Fall Down Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 201168861 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/20/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126192624	04/03/2007	1751	238350	The D Group Inc

Abstract: At 7:42 a.m. on March 20, 2007, Employee #1, a carpenter, was unloading tools from a truck and taking them to a building's third floor to install a cabinet in the master living room. He and a coworker had been on the site before and were aware of the guarded elevator shaft. The day before of accident, the general contractor removed the guardrail to install a new door on the elevator shaft. However, the general contractor did not inform Employee #1 or the coworker about the new door. Employee #1 opened the unlocked, unmarked door on the elevator shaft and fell approximately 20 feet to the basement. He was taken to UCLA Medical Center and was hospitalized for 18 days. He sustained serious injuries to his face, jaw, and nose; fractured ribs, leg, and arm; and a collapsed lung.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, FALL, DOOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT, WARNING SIGN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126192624			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Cabinet makers and bench carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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