Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107235.015 - Employee trips and falls and injures back

Accident Summary Nr: 107235.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 01/17/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1315936.015	05/11/2018		238190	Alamillo Rebar Inc

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on January 17, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a steel construction company, was working at the construction site for a new commercial building. He was working at elevation and moving a beam when he tripped over a chamfer bundle and fell, a fall height of 4 feet. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a lumbar (lower back) fracture and a bulging vertebral disk.

Keywords: Back, Beam, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Material Handling, Spine, Tripped, Vertebra

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1315936.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: 4 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 96 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause:

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