Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 74166.015 - Worker falls from second floor, fractures wrist and vertebra

Accident Summary Nr: 74166.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 01/28/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1042150.015	02/24/2015		238150	Glazing Concepts Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on January 28, 2015, Employee #1 and coworker employed by a construction contractor, were engaged in installing windows and doors and glazing at a multiemployer construction project for a multifamily residential building. Employee #1 was cleaning and moving materials on the building's second floor. He observed Coworker #1 loading materials onto a pallet that butted against the wall opening in Unit 210. Employee #1 proceeded to assist Coworker #1 with loading materials onto the pallet. Employee #1 stepped onto the pallet to position materials, and the pallet shifted. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell off the pallet to the dirt ground, a fall height of 17 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured wrist and fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Material Handling, Open-Sided Floor, Pallet, Unstable Surface, Vertebra, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	5	65

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1042150.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Glaziers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause:

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