Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201203346 - Employee Fractures Vertebrae in Fall Through Floor Opening

Accident Summary Nr: 201203346 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 08/08/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309424505	08/09/2006	1521	236115	Donald E Brown
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309424570	08/22/2006	7363	561320	Mclellan Temporaries Inc

Abstract: On August 8, 2006, Employee #1, who had been hired through a referral from a temporary help supply firm, was working for Donald E. Brown Construction. The firm's owner and two other workers were onsite at the same time that Employee #1 was there. Briefed on his job, Employee #1 went upstairs to where the second floor sheeting and decking were being applied. At the time, there were openings in the floor, and there were no covers or guardrails over or around them. The fall distance from the second floor to the first floor was ten feet. Employee #1 went to work applying glue to the tops of the floor joists so that the second floor sheeting panels could be laid down on the joists and nailed in place. He was working in a narrow area about 57 inches wide between the front room floor opening and the front door floor opening. As he stepped back from applying glue to the floor joists in the narrow area, he stepped into the unguarded floor opening above the front door foyer. Employee #1 fell about ten feet to the first floor, landing on the back of his neck and fracturing three or four vertebrae in his neck. He sustained other injuries as well. He was dazed at first and took a short period of time to get oriented. He was then transported in the owner's pickup truck from the rural job site toward Corvallis, where his wife drove him to the Occupational Medicine Clinic. From there he was transferred to a hospital, where he was given a CAT scan and diagnosed with several broken vertebrae. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: WOOD PANEL, WALKING BACKWARD, JOIST, GLUE, FLOOR HOLE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309424505			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)
2	309424570					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.