Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 106462.015 - Employee installing beams falls and breaks leg

Accident Summary Nr: 106462.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 05/31/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1322526.015	06/07/2018		236220	James Mchugh Construction Co.

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on May 31, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in concrete formwork for a new 98-story commercial building, a multiemployer construction project. He was installing decking and beams on the 53rd floor when he lost balance and fell to the concrete floor, a fall height of 10 feet. Employee #1 was wearing a safety harness connected to a Self Retracting Lanyard, FS-FSP1250-G, that was anchored to the core wall beam structure. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for compound fractures of his leg's tibia and fibula bones.

Keywords: Beam, Concrete, Concrete Form Work, Construction, Decking, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Leg, Lost Balance, PPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			98	1000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1322526.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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