Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201504495 - Employee is injured after falls from second floor

Accident Summary Nr: 201504495 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 10/14/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301138178	10/30/2003	1751	238130	Staricco Construction

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on October 14, 2003, after removing the guard rail in preparation to erect a wall frame, the employer asked the employee if he had snapped the line. The employee said "no"and proceeded to the edge of the OSB decking and fell approximately 13 ft from the second floor of a house being framed in. The employee was hospitalized and treated for four fractured ribs and a fractured collar bone.

Keywords: DECKING, FRACTURE, CARPENTER, GUARD, COLLARBONE, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301138178			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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