Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201179934 - Employee Falls from Second Floor and Fractures Leg

Accident Summary Nr: 201179934 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/05/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125833897	09/25/2006	1742	238310	Gary D Davis Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a plasterer, was finishing sheet rock on the second floor of a structure. Employee #1 stepped off the second-level floor and fell approximately 10 ft to the first floor fracturing his right femur and knee. The guardrail system around the stairway and balcony had been temporarily removed. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, GUARD, CONSTRUCTION, STAIR LANDING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125833897			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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