Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202349502 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Storage Rack

Accident Summary Nr: 202349502 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 09/25/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305570202	09/25/2002	1711	0	J. Randall Corporation

Abstract: On September 25, 2002, Employee #1, of the J. Randal Corporation, was installing a new sprinkler system between some newly installed storage racks. He was standing or walking on the 4-inch wide horizontal side rails of the storage rack when he fell. Employee #1 struck his head on the other rail, then struck his chest on a rail 5 feet below, before falling another 5.1 feet to the floor. He sustained several fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured arm. Employee #1 was flown to the Baltimore Shock Trauma Center, where he was hospitalized and underwent surgery to repair his punctured lung.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK SURFACE, PUNCTURE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305570202			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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