Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130189.015 - Employee fractures lumbar in fall from riprap retaining wall

Accident Summary Nr: 130189.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 10/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1496656.015	10/09/2020		237310	Almeda Genoa Constructors

Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on October 7, 2020, an employee working as a carpenter for a civil engineering contractor was lowering lumber forms from a riprap retaining wall (ramp). While the employee was lowering a form to a coworker located at ground level, the employee tripped over a cable and fell approximately 8 feet to the lower level. The employee was not wearing fall protection. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lumbar fracture.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cable, Carpenter, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Highway, Highway work zone, Lumbar Fracture, Lumber, Material Handling, Retaining Wall, Road, Tripped, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition				8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1496656.015	61	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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