Inspection Detail

Inspection: 309424505 - Donald E Brown

Inspection Information - Office: Eugene

Inspection Nr: 309424505

Report ID: 1054114

Date Opened: 08/09/2006

Site Address:
Donald E Brown
24811 Larson Rd
Monroe, OR 97456

Mailing Address:
33844 Marys River Estates Rd, Philomath, OR 97370

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1521

NAICS: 236115/New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders)

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/19/2006

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/26/2007

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			1		3
Current Violations	2			1		3
Initial Penalty	$1,550	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,550
Current Penalty	$1,550	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,550
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Latest Event
1.	01001	Serious	703150101 A	10/19/2006	08/09/2006	$1,250	$1,250	$0	-
2.	01002	Serious	19260021 B02	10/19/2006	10/24/2006	$300	$300	$0	-
3.	02003	Other	19260050 B	10/19/2006	10/24/2006	$0	$0	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201203346

Event: 08/08/2006

Employee Fractures Vertebrae in Fall Through Floor Opening

On August 8, 2006, Employee #1, who had been hired through a referral from a temporary help supply firm, was working for Donald E. Brown Construction. The firm's owner and two other workers were onsite at the same time that Employee #1 was there. Briefed on his job, Employee #1 went upstairs to where the second floor sheeting and decking were being applied. At the time, there were openings in the floor, and there were no covers or guardrails over or around them. The fall distance from the second floor to the first floor was ten feet. Employee #1 went to work applying glue to the tops of the floor joists so that the second floor sheeting panels could be laid down on the joists and nailed in place. He was working in a narrow area about 57 inches wide between the front room floor opening and the front door floor opening. As he stepped back from applying glue to the floor joists in the narrow area, he stepped into the unguarded floor opening above the front door foyer. Employee #1 fell about ten feet to the first floor, landing on the back of his neck and fracturing three or four vertebrae in his neck. He sustained other injuries as well. He was dazed at first and took a short period of time to get oriented. He was then transported in the owner's pickup truck from the rural job site toward Corvallis, where his wife drove him to the Occupational Medicine Clinic. From there he was transferred to a hospital, where he was given a CAT scan and diagnosed with several broken vertebrae. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: WOOD PANEL, WALKING BACKWARD, JOIST, GLUE, FLOOR HOLE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, VERTEBRA

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309424505			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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