Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 108445.015 - Employee's leg is injured when struck by wood lagging

Accident Summary Nr: 108445.015 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 08/16/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1340338.015	08/21/2018		238110	Structuretech New York Inc.

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on August 16, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, a two-story commercial building. He was cutting the steel band wrapped around a bundle of wood lagging. The lagging fell on the employee and pinned his leg against a steel I-beam. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for severe contusions and a laceration to his left calf.

Keywords: Caught Between, Construction, Contusion, Cutting, Falling Object, Laceration, Leg, Material Handling, Pinned, Shoring, Steel, Steel Beam, Struck By, Wood Slab

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1340338.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenter

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