Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99568.015 - Employee falls to lower level and is injured

Accident Summary Nr: 99568.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 09/29/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1268377.015	10/05/2017		423330	Installed Building Products Llc

Abstract: At 3:20 p.m. on September 29, 2017, an employee was walking across a 2 by 6 board that had been placed across the guardrails of a stairway opening. The employee stepped on a bootie that was over his boot, tripped and fell 9 feet. The employee suffered a fractured vertebra and head contusion. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Floor Opening, Residential Construction, Stair, Tripped

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1268377.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Insulation Workers	Distance of Fall: 14 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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