Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114159.015 - Employee fractures skull and ribs in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 114159.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/19/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1383067.015	02/28/2019		238120	Florida Atlantic Ironworks, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:25 a.m. on February 19, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a steel erection company, was laying steel decking for a new two-story commercial building, a multiemployer construction project. The employee, who was not using any form of fall protection, fell and struck the concrete floor, a fall height of 18 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of multiple injuries including a fractured skull and multiple fractured ribs.

Keywords: Brain, Concrete, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Installing, Metal Decking, Multiemployer, Rib, Skull, Steel Erection, Struck Against

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1383067.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	Distance of Fall: 18 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Moving Poi Fatality Cause:

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