Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96458.015 - Employee falls 8 feet from above a guarded elevator shaft a

Accident Summary Nr: 96458.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 04/20/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1227454.015	04/21/2017		236115	Wall Constructors Inc.

Abstract: At 1:34 p.m. on April 20, 2017, an employee was installing metal framing studs while standing on a stack of drywall adjacent to a wall opening. The employee fell 18 feet from above a guarded elevator shaft through the wall opening. He sustained a traumatic brain, acute right subdural hematoma with hemorrhagic contusion and was killed.

Keywords: Elevated Work Platform, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			3	36	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1227454.015	42	M	Fatality		Construction/Building Inspector	Distance of Fall: 18 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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