Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202653861 - Employee Neck Is Injured When Struck by Plywood

Accident Summary Nr: 202653861 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/17/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316734086	10/26/2012	1521	236115	Ron Bonnema Dba: Built Rite Construction

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on October 16, 2012, Employee #1, a Laborer, was replacing and painting the siding of a small warehouse. A coworker was removing a piece of plywood approximately 4 by 4-ft, while working on a scissor lift, when a piece of plywood slipped from his grasp and fell approximately 15-ft striking Employee #1 in his neck area. The employee was transported to Watsonville Community Hospital, where he was treated a neck contusion and released. Injured employee

Keywords: WAREHOUSE, SLIP, WOOD PANEL, NECK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, PAINTER, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316734086			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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