Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 111584.015 - Employee erecting steel falls and injures head

Accident Summary Nr: 111584.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 12/05/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1364418.015	12/06/2018		236220	Henry Carlson Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on December 5, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in structural steel erection for a new five-story commercial building. He was working from a ladder and setting the steel in place when a piece of steel released from the magnet being used as rigging. The steel fell and struck the ladder, which caused the employee to fall and strike his head on concrete, a fall height of 15 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a head injury.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Construction, Erection Process, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Head, Ladder, Magnet, Material Handling, Rigging, Skull, Steel Erection, Struck Against, Welding

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1364418.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: 15 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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