Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115948.015 - Employee falls from elevation and dies from head injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 115948.015 -- Report ID: 0625500 -- Event Date: 04/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1395786.015	04/25/2019		238130	Jose Hernandez Trejo

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on April 23, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in framing work at a multiemployer construction project, a new residential structure. He was preparing to mark plywood boards with chalk lines to indicate where a joist/truss was to be installed when he fell to the concrete surface, a fall height of 9 feet. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he died of traumatic head injuries.

Keywords: Board, Brain, Erection Process, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Joist, Marking, Residential Construction, Truss, Wood Erection

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1	9	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1395786.015	55	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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