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Accident Summary Nr: 113135.015 - Employee incurs mutliple injuries when elevated work platfor

Accident Summary Nr: 113135.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 01/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1374768.015	01/30/2019		238120	Fast Track Steel, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on January 25, 2019, Employee #1 and Coworkers #1 and #2, employed by a steel erection company, were building a structure at a residential location. Coworker #1 was operating a forklift. Employee #1 and Coworker #2 were working from a metal work platform attached to the forklift and installing a roof cover. The work platform was 20 feet above the surface. As Employee #1 leaned over the work platform's railing and signaled Coworker #1, the platform suddenly dropped approximately 8 feet. Employee #1 was ejected from the work platform's surface and thrown upward. He landed on his abdomen, striking the top of the platform railing. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital by Coworker #2. He was admitted and treated for four fractured ribs, a lacerated liver, and a lacerated chin.

Keywords: Ejected, Elevated Work Platform, Equipment Failure, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Forklift, Fracture, Guardrail, Installing, Laceration, Leaning over, Liver, Metal Rail, Residential Construction, Rib, Roof, Steel Erection, Struck Against

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1374768.015	25	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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