Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 69980.015 - Employee falls through a floor opening and is killed.

Accident Summary Nr: 69980.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 01/14/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1018414.015	01/15/2015		238190	Aztec Concrete And Pumping Inc

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on January 14, 2015, Employee #1 and a coworker were working as subcontractors at a multi-employer construction site for a residential building. Employee #1 was assisting a coworker in cutting wood for forming. They were on the second floor of the structure. Employee #1 fell from an opening in the floor to the ground below, a fall height of 10.6 feet. Employee #1 was killed in the fall. A subsequent investigation determined that the employee had sustained fractures to his vertebrae and face, and lacerations of his head and shoulder.

Keywords: Building, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Opening, Fracture, Head, Residential Construction, Shoulder, Spine

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1018414.015	42	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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