Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201751625 - Employee Is Killed in Fall Through Floor Opening

Accident Summary Nr: 201751625 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 07/06/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110541943	07/06/2007	1521	236118	Wesley John'S Construction Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on July 5, 2007, Employee #1, the safety manager on a two-story house undergoing renovation, was watching a coworker finish the floor edging around the stairwell. The second-level subfloor had just been put down and the next step was to install a guardrail system around the 10-foot by 6-foot floor opening, in preparation for the owner to build the stair system. According to an eyewitness, Employee #1 knelt down behind the coworker, leaned on part of the floor, and then fell approximately 9 feet through the opening from the second floor to the first floor. He was killed. Preliminary autopsy results indicated that Employee #1 died from a closed head injury and fractured neck, and not from a massive heart attack or stroke.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, NECK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	110541943			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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