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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 106554.015 - Employee Is Injured In Fall While Decking

**Accident: 106554.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 06/11/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1323286.015	06/18/2018		Mim Installations, Inc.

At 9:30 a.m. on June 11, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an industrial installati ons company, was installing metal decking to the mezzanine level of a commercial building. He had not attached his fall protection lanyard to a horizontal life line. Employee #1 stepped backward and fell through an undecked portion of the mezzanine to the concrete floor below, a fall height of 18 feet. Emergency serv ices transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for 48-hour observation for a head concussion.

Keywords: concrete, concussion, construction, decking, fall, fall protection, head, installing, lifeline, material handling, walking backward

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1323286.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installation Of Decking-Initial Laying Deck (Incl FatCause:

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