Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202462131 - Carpenter Falls from Wall When Anchorage Point Fails

Accident Summary Nr: 202462131 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 06/27/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300831054	08/24/2005	1611	237310	Steve P. Rados, Inc.

Abstract: On June 27, 2005, an employee worked for Steve P. Rados Inc., of Santa Ana, California, a general contractor. The company was performing highway redevelopment work on a Los Angeles freeway. A carpenter was working on a 20-ft retaining wall. His body harness was tied-off to an I-beam, but unexpectedly he fell approximately 14 ft to the ground. The employee was interviewed after the accident and he thought that the anchorage points for his body harness loosened. The employee was hospitalized with a foot injury. He was treated and released from the hospital after three days.

Keywords: CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, RESTRAINING DEVICE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, RETAINING WALL, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300831054			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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