Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201202975 - Employee Is Injured In Fall From Balcony

Accident Summary Nr: 201202975 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 07/01/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308040260	07/11/2005	1742	238310	Oregon Drywall Systems Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308040252	07/11/2005	1542	236220	1996 Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308040278	07/11/2005	1761	238170	Progressive Exteriors Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308040286	07/12/2005	1521	236115	Vladimir M Chuprov

Abstract: At approximately 1:45 p.m. on July 1, 2005, Employee #1, a drywall installer, was sanding the sheetrock ceiling of a third story stairwell. He was on a scaffold plank set across the stairwell opening when he stepped off the plank and onto the balcony. When he stepped onto the balcony he apparently tripped and fell forward and fell off the balcony, falling approximately twenty four feet to the ground. Another contractor had removed the guardrail the day prior. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital were he was admitted to the intensive care unit with several broken vertebrae.

Keywords: tripped, guardrail, fall, fall protection, vertebra, scaffold, work rules, fracture, installing, construction

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	3	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308040260	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
2	308040252			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	308040278			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
4	308040286			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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