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Accident Summary Nr: 202355889 - Employee Fractures Leg and Pelvis in Fall from Building

Accident Summary Nr: 202355889 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 01/25/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308130103	01/26/2005	1751	238130	Carlos Framing & Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 and a foreman for the prime carpentry contractor were using a chalk line and tape measure to measure and mark interior walls on an open-sided floor, four-stories tall. The foreman for the prime contractor held the chalk box, while Employee #1 walked out toward the edge, with his back to the edge. Employee #1 fell approximately 32 ft, feet-first, onto a pile of plywood, and snow. Employee #1 sustained a broken pelvis, and fractures to one leg, along with compressed vertebrae and discs in his back. There was no safety monitoring system, nor conventional fall protection in use. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD, VERTEBRA, UNGUARDED, LEG

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	4	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308130103			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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