Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 69873.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries in fall from job trailer

Accident Summary Nr: 69873.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 01/06/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1017271.015	01/07/2015		236118	Davenport Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on January 6, 2015, Employee #1, employed by a home builder, was doing paperwork inside a job trailer at a construction site. Employee #1 saw a coworker outside the trailer and went to speak with the coworker. He went to the trailer door and stepped out, expecting to step onto the portable stairs. However, the stairs had been moved. Employee #1 fell to the frozen ground below. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to a hospital, admitted, and treated for fractures of the left shoulder, right scapula, and two ribs, plus a punctured right lung and a dislocated arm.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Arm, Construction, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fracture, Lung, Residential Construction, Rib, Shoulder, Stair

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1017271.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: 3 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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