Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201272168 - Employee Falls Through Stairwell Hole and Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 201272168 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 01/21/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308468875	02/10/2005	1751	238130	R.A. Bice Enterprises, Inc.

Abstract: A crew of employees had sheathed the second floor of a residential home, but had not built hand rails or covered the stairwell hole to prevent employees falling through. The employees were building the second story exterior walls and sheathing them the walls prior to raising them up and securing them. As Employee #1 was laying out a chalk-line, he fell through the unguarded stairwell opening, striking his head on the concrete floor. Employee #1 was airlifted to the hospital, where he later died.

Keywords: HEAD, CARPENTER, FLOOR HOLE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNTRAINED, UNGUARDED, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308468875			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.