Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202674404 - Drywall Installer Is Injured in Fall Down Elevator Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 202674404 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 10/26/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316684067	10/26/2012	1742	238310	Joel Garcia Dba Garcia S Drywall Inc

Abstract: On October 26, 2012, Employee #1, employed by a drywall contractor, was installing drywall in the elevator shaft of a residential building. He was working from a wooden walk board. The walk board was not secured from displacement, and one of its ends did not extend over its support at least 6 inches. As the employee tried to push a piece of drywall into place, the walk board end slipped off its support. The employee fell approximately 14 feet 11 inches to concrete. The employee sustained bruises/contusions/abrasions. He was not hospitalized.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WALL, UNSECURED, WALK PLATFORM, CONSTRUCTION, ABRASION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONTUSION, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316684067			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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