Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180213 - Employee injured from 7 ft fall from wall

Accident Summary Nr: 201180213 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 09/23/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125495945	10/01/1999	1541	0	Conco Cement Co.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on September 23, 1999, an accident occurred on a construction site in San Francisco, California. An employee, a carpenter, was working in the basement of building B3 installing imbeds into a rebar steel wall, when he fell from the wall seriously injuring himself. The employee fell approximately 7 to 10 ft at the time of the accident. According to the employee, he was wearing a harness and lanyard when he fell, but was not tied off. Apparently, he was moving from one location to another when he slipped and fell. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident.

Keywords: WALL, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, DISLOCATED, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	10	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125495945			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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