Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202552980 - Employee Is Overcome by Fumes and Is Injured in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 202552980 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 03/09/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313169674	03/23/2011	1542	236220	Modified Plastics Inc

Abstract: On March 9, 2011, Employee #1, who was employed by a plastics business in Santa Ana, CA and was not a contract employee, was reroofing the employer's manufacturing facility, along with his coworkers. The roof was directly above an operating plastic mixing machine that exhausted adjacent to an unguarded roof opening. As a result, Employee #1 fainted from exposure to the exhaust fumes, fell through a roof opening, and onto the factory concrete floor, 14 feet below. Employee #1 sustained head, neck, shoulder, rib, and back injuries. He was transported to Western Medical Hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for his injuries. The accident was reported to DOSH (Division of Occupational Safety and Health) on March 09, 2011. The supervisor was on site, apparently during the accident.

Keywords: HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, NECK, ROOF OPENING, TOXIC FUMES, OVEREXPOSURE, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313169674			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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