OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499529

DONNAN BUILDERS

LAKE GENEVA, WI— 1984-08-02T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, HEAD, GUARDRAIL, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING BACKWARD, INATTENTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1706100
Employer profile: DONNAN BUILDERS
Summary number: 14499529
Report ID: 523420

Event description

Employee killed in fall from upper floor to basement

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:58 a.m. on August 2, 1984, Employee #1 was on the upper leve l of a multi-level home under construction. A crane was lowering a load of plywo od to the upper level, and Employee #1 went over to assist in spotting the load. While looking up, he stepped backward into an unguarded stairwell opening. He f ell 13 feet to the basement level, striking his head on the edge of a concrete b lock retaining wall. Employee #1 suffered a temporal skull fracture resulting in brain death; he was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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