Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107064.015 - Employee fractures hip and ankle when struck by falling cowo

Accident Summary Nr: 107064.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 07/02/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1327882.015	07/03/2018		238110	Samron Midwest Contractng

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on July 2, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a steel erection company, were working at a multiemployer construction project. The coworker, who was tied off to a piece of unsecured formwork, leaned back and fell on top of Employee #1, who was on the ground. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a fractured hip and fractured ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Form work, Fracture, High Blood Pressure, Hip, Installing, Leaning over, Material Handling, Struck Against, Tie-Off, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1327882.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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