Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 84352.015 - Employee falls through stairwell opening and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 84352.015 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 04/08/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1138888.015	04/08/2016		423330	Pierce Contracting, Inc

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on April 4, 2016, an employee was rolling out ice guard and cutting it to size, in order to be installed on a back porch roof. The employee was cutting it to size with a handheld razor blade knife in the hallway section of the second floor. The employee is believed to have backed up and fell through a stairwell opening of second floor. Employee fell about 25 feet through stairwell opening to basement level. No one saw this incident happen. There is some question about whether or not the guardrails that were in place (at this location) when the CSHO's arrived at the site.

Keywords: Fall, Floor Opening

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	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1138888.015	25	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 21 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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