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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 97688.015 - Employee Is Struck By Falling Wood And Incurs Head Trauma

**Accident: 97688.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 07/18/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1251089.015	07/31/2017		Dmg Masonry

At 1:30 p.m. on July 18, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a masonry company, was f inishing his day's work at a multiemployer construction project, a 24-story comm ercial building. As he was leaving the site, a piece of plywood fell from appro ximately 20 stories in height and struck Employee #1's head. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for head trauma.

Keywords: building, construction, falling object, head, struck by, wood panel, wood slab

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1251089.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel FatCause:

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