Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100426.015 - Employee setting I-beam falls and fractures leg

Accident Summary Nr: 100426.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/30/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1274905.015	11/02/2017		238120	Cedar Valley Steel

Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on October 30, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a steel erection company, was working at a multiemployer construction site, a new commercial building. He was setting an I-beam when the beam became wedged in a wall. As Employee #1 worked to free the beam, he fell. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured leg.

Keywords: Beam, Building, Construction, Erection Process, Fall, Fracture, Leg, Set Up, Steel Erection

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1274905.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Connecting Fatality Cause:

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