Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201493921 - Employee Falls from Storage Shelving and Is Injured

Accident Summary Nr: 201493921 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/01/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312917545	08/17/2010	1796	238290	Don Howard Consulting

Abstract: At about mid-day on April 1, 2020, Employee #1, a construction foreman, was dismantling a storage rack system at the Visalia, CA facility of Work Flow One. Employee #1 was removing the row spacers from the "A" level. The middle section of the wire deck, 5.5 feet high, was missing in the bay Employee #1 was working. It is thought that Employee #1 was transitioning to the opposite side of the storage shelving when he stepped into or stepped back into the void. Employee #1 suffered a fractured skull, neck injury and a laceration of his ear which resulted in hospitalization and rehabilitation. Dismantling of the shelving was determined to be a construction operation based on permitting and contractor licensing requirements. As such the working height of 5.5 feet does not invoke the use of fall protection as required at 90 inches (8CCR 1632). Dan Howard Consulting (dba: DHC) notified the Division of the injury on April 1 and was the employer of Employee #1.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, EAR, LACERATION, SKULL, FALL, NECK, STORAGE RACK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312917545			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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