Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Minnesota: Construction Worker Dies After Falling 9 Feet From the Ground Into the Basement of a Town House that was Being Constructed

摘要

A 23-year-old worker (victim) died of injuries he sustained after falling 9 feet into a basement of a town house that was being constructed. On the day of the incident workers were beginning to frame the first floor of the town house. The victim was working at ground level near the basement that had been dug two months prior to the incident. A coworker of the victim immediately noticed the victim after he fell and placed a 911 call to emergency rescue personnel who responded and transferred him to a local hospital where he died the same day.