Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202450417 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Plywood

Accident Summary Nr: 202450417 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/16/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309833549	02/17/2006	1542	236220	Villages Of Citrus Hills, Inc.

Abstract: On February 16, 2006, Employee #1, a laborer was cleaning up debris on a house, which was recently completed and sold. Employee #1 was walking between the house he was cleaning and a house that was being built and the stack of plywood. The house that was built had plywood stacked vertically on two saw horses. The plywood was stacked between the two houses on the saw horses so that the framers could easily access the material, while they were sheeting the roof deck. As Employee #1 walked next to the saw horses with the plywood, the plywood and the saw horses flipped over causing the plywood fall on Employee #1. Approximately eight to ten sheets of plywood fell on Employee #1, killing him.

Keywords: CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, WOOD PANEL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	11	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309833549			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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