Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 113396.015 - Employee breaks hip in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 113396.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 12/13/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1366853.015	12/13/2018		238120	Larkin Iron Works, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on December 13, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a steel erection construction company, was working at a multiemployer project, the construction of a two-story building. He was working from a non-self-supporting ladder and tack welding when he fell from the ladder, which had not been properly set up. He fell 8 feet and struck the concrete floor. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured hip and contusions.

Keywords: Concrete Slab, Construction, Contusion, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Ladder, Multiemployer, Struck Against, Unsecured, Welding

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			2	35

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1366853.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi Fatality Cause:

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