Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202260709 - Employee is killed in fall from open-sided floor

Accident Summary Nr: 202260709 -- Report ID: 0257230 -- Event Date: 10/22/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301713558	10/22/2004	1742	238310	Carlos Sanabria Dba Constructora Sanabria

Abstract: Employee #1 was on the fourth floor of an apartment building plastering the ceiling of an apartment. As he picked up something from the scaffold on the open side of the building, he stepped backward and fell approximately 24 feet to the ground. He suffered head trauma and was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, OPEN-SIDED FLOOR, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301713558			Fatality	Concussion	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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