Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171929.015 - Employee falls from ladder while installing window and is ki

Accident Summary Nr: 171929.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/16/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1788429.015	11/18/2024		236210	Kb Max Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on November 16, 2024, Employee #1 was installing a new window on the second floor of a residential structure with two sloped roofs. He was standing on an A-frame ladder placed on the lower roof when he and the ladder fell approximately 16 feet. The employee landed on a concrete landing partway up the stairs from the street to the home's front entrance. He sustained fatal head trauma and possibly other broken bones, and died the same day.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Broken Bone, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Installing, Ladder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Window

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1788429.015	33	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause:

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