OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221483100

BLUE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC

MADERA, CA· 2022-01-31T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Chest, Construction, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Fracture, HVAC, Inspecting, Lack of Engineering Controls, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Residential Construction, Rib, Testing, Vertebra, Work Surface, Working Alone
NAICS: 332322
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345820906
Employer profile: BLUE MOUNTAIN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC
Summary number: 221483100
Report ID: 0950625
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee fractures ribs, back in fall through floor opening

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on January 31, 2022, an employee was working at a new residential construction site inspecting/testing an HVAC unit in the attic. The employee was walking on the HVAC platform and fell through the platform after stepping on a piece of plywood that had been used to cover an opening. The plywood was not properly secured, and the employee fell 9 feet to the ground. The employee was working alone in the attic when the incident occurred. The employee fractured his vertebrae and ribs, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
0

Fall distance
9

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