Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 156009.015 - Employee dies from head trauma from fall down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 156009.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/02/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1667379.015	05/03/2023		238130	Gulfco Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on May 2, 2023, an employee working as a carpenter on a residential construction project was walking around the entrance to an elevator shaft to go to lunch. The employee fell to the bottom of the elevator shaft. There was only one rail blocking the elevator shaft as fall protection. It is unknown if the employee fell over or under the rail. The employee fractured his skull from impact with the concrete floor below and was killed. No other objects were found at the bottom of the elevator shaft that the employee could have fallen onto.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carpenter, Concrete Floor, Construction, Elevator, Elevator Shaft, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Head, Midrail, Residential Construction, Skull

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1667379.015	48	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 0 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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