Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109886.015 - Employee falls thorough opening in walking surface and incur

Accident Summary Nr: 109886.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 09/28/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1352111.015	10/04/2018		238120	Shelby Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:40 a.m. on September 28, 2018, an employee was installing decking on a bridge. As the employee walked over to the next section, he fell through an opening made by an inadvertently unsecured panel. The employee fell thirty-two feet and was hospitalized for multiple fractures to his head, hands, legs, and body.

Keywords: Decking, Decking Panel, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hand, Head, Installing, Leg, Torso, Unsecured Panel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition			0	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1352111.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: 32 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Initial Laying Deck (Incl Fatality Cause:

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