Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 70016.015 - Employee sustains broken jaw and lacerated liver in fall fro

Accident Summary Nr: 70016.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 01/12/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1018927.015	01/14/2015		236116	Builders Bloc Contracting Co

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on January 12, 2015, Employee #1 was performing exterior carpentry as part of a multifamily residential building construction project. His employer was a subcontractor on this multiemployer project. Employee #1 was working from a 12-foot pick board of a scaffold as he installed rafters for a breezeway. He lost his balance and fell backwards off the scaffold to a cement slab on the ground below, a fall height of approximately 9 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a broken jaw and lacerations to the liver.

Keywords: Carpenter, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Laceration, Liver, Rafter, Scaffold

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1018927.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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