Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202081089 - Employee Is Injured in Stairway Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 202081089 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 07/25/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315839662	07/25/2011	1742	238310	Precision Walls, Inc.

Abstract: On July 25, 2011, an employee, of Precision Walls, Inc., Charlotte, NC, was working on a building construction site. He was walking in a stairway from the third floor down to the second floor. He fell down 14 concrete stairs to the landing below. The employee was transported to Carolinas Medical Center (CMC Main), where he was treated for bruises/contusions/abrasions and was released the same day. The employee told a doctor that he experienced a leg cramp before he fell.

Keywords: STAIR, CONSTRUCTION, STAIR LANDING, ABRASION, FALL, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315839662			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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