Carpenter Is Injured In Fall Through Floor Opening

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Accident: 202470167 - Carpenter Is Injured In Fall Through Floor Opening

Accident: 202470167 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 08/03/2011

Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
314825951	08/15/2011	1751	Mid-Coast Builders Supply Inc Dba New Mcb, Inc.

On August 3, 2011 Employee #1, a carpenter with Mid-Coast Builders Supply, Inc., was working alone framing a stud wall on the second floor of residential apartment building. While using a nail gun to fasten a diagonal board across the wall, he stepped backward and fell approximately 9 ft through an unguarded floor opening that was to be used for a stairway. He was hospitalized for unspecified fractures.

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fall, fall protection, floor opening, unguarded, guardrail, fracture, carpenter, construction, walking backward

End Use	Proj Type	Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling	New project or new addition	$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2

	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	314825951			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	FallDist: 9 FallHt:9 Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause: Fall through opening (other than roof)