Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 898817 - Employee killed in fall through stair opening

Accident Summary Nr: 898817 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 12/27/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303230924	12/27/1999	1751	0	Dean Hebert Construction

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on December 27, 1999, Employee was working on the second floor of a house under construction. He was unrolling Tyvex plastic sheeting on a 9 ft high by 40 ft long wall that had been built on the second-floor deck. The wall was still laying on the deck as Employee #1 walked backward, leaning over to unroll the sheeting. He stepped through a window opening in the wall that was directly over an uncovered stairway opening in the deck. Employee #1 fell through the second-floor stair opening to the concrete basement floor. He was killed.

Keywords: STAIR, GUARDRAIL, BARRIER GUARD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STAIR LANDING, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, WALKING BACKWARD

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		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303230924			Fatality	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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