Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109241.015 - Employee falls from second story of new building and incurs

Accident Summary Nr: 109241.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 09/13/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1347036.015	09/18/2018		238120	O'Brien Steel Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on September 13, 2018, an employee, working as a journeyman iron worker, was part of a steel erector crew building a new steel-framed building. The employee was working on the second floor. The employee was prepared to go on break by descending from a second floor beam to a scissor lift that would take him to the ground level. At some point, the employee fell thirteen and a half feet, possibly caused by tripping over two crisscrossing metal plumbing cables. The employee received fractures to his left wrist and cheek bone and a laceration above his left eye. The employee was hospitalized for two days due to his injuries.

Keywords: Eye, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Iron Worker, Laceration, Scissor lift, Steel Erection, Wrist

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	Construction
1	1347036.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work Fatality Cause:

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