Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201502952 - Employee sustains head injury and fractured ankle

Accident Summary Nr: 201502952 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 03/28/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301132239	03/28/2002	1521	0	Cabernet Construction & Development, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:55 a.m., Employee #1, a Carpenter, employed by Cabernet Construction and Development, Inc., he was installing the wall frame of a residential house under construction at the employer's Phase 1 Project. He sustained blunt head injury, closed head injury, and a right ankle fracture, when the truss boom of a Sky Truck forklift was dislodged from the main boom and fell on him. He was taken to Eden Valley Medical Center, where he was treated for his injuries and was hospitalized for more than 24 hours.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, CRANE BOOM, FALLING OBJECT, ANKLE

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	301132239			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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