Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99049.015 - Employee setting beam falls and sustains multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 99049.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 09/13/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1264144.015	09/14/2017		238130	Latin Framing Llc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on September 13, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction framing company, was engaged in framing work at a multiemployer job site, a three-story residential structure. As he placed a 10-foot beam, he fell off the unprotected/unguarded edge, a fall height of approximately 22 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured skull, a fractured back, a sprained arm, and contusions.

Keywords: Back, Beam, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Residential Construction, Skull, Spine, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			3	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1264144.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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