Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180825 - Employee falls 9.5 feet at a construction site

Accident Summary Nr: 201180825 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 07/13/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300889847	08/29/2001	1751	0	Los Gatos Construction Co, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:15 a.m., on July 13, 2001, an employee working as a carpenter for Los Gatos Construction Co. was going around checking for shortages of hardware for the newly constructed homes. The employee was going to cross a single plank, which was in place across the deck of the adjacent unit, when the plank broke into two pieces. The employee fell approximately 9.5 feet onto a concrete block retaining wall that was being constructed. The employee was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, and treated for a head injury, a shattered right leg and knee, and two injured vertebrae.

Keywords: KNEE, HEAD, BLOCKS, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, RETAINING WALL, CONCRETE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Other		$500,000 to $1,000,000	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300889847			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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