Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202627865 - Worker Fractures Skull Falling from Golf Cart

Accident Summary Nr: 202627865 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 10/22/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313511131	12/01/2010	1522	236116	Masco Contractor Services Of California

Abstract: On October 22, 2010 at approximately 12:30 p.m., Employee #1, a 40 year-old male with Masco Contractor Services of California, sustained serious injuries to his skull when he fell from a moving golf cart. Employee #1 and four other individuals were travelling in the golf cart, two people in the front seat, one person in the back seat and two people standing on the back step. The Employer and Employee #1 were standing on the back step when the golf cart began to move, Employee #1 was holding a clip board at the time. The cart travelled about twenty-feet when the driver made a sharp turn left as the cart was going over a water ditch. Employee #1 fell off the golf cart step he was standing on and hit his head on the ground. Employee #1 lost consciousness and was transported to Desert Regional Medical Center, where Employee #1 was admitted and surgery was performed. Employee #1 was hospitalized for about two weeks. The site where the incident happened was an apartment complex where the Employer was in the process of renovating units and the employer performs a variety of installation capabilities.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, VEHICLE, GOLF CART, SKULL, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	3	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313511131			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from vehicle (vehicle/construction equipment)

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