Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 106554.015 - Employee is injured in fall while decking

Accident Summary Nr: 106554.015 -- Report ID: 0317700 -- Event Date: 06/11/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1323286.015	06/18/2018		238190	Mim Installations, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on June 11, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an industrial installations company, was installing metal decking to the mezzanine level of a commercial building. He had not attached his fall protection lanyard to a horizontal lifeline. 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 services 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		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1323286.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Initial Laying Deck (Incl Fatality Cause:

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