Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114604.015 - Employee lacerates legs when struck by falling steel beams

Accident Summary Nr: 114604.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 03/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1386279.015	03/19/2019		236116	Cbf Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on March 14, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were engaged in steel erection for a new two-story multifamily residential building, a multiemployer construction project. The coworker, who was the company owner, was operating a Genie industrial truck with lift and moving steel beams. Employee #1 was guiding his coworker. Steel beams fell from the lift and struck Employee #1, trapping him between the vehicle and the beams. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for lacerations to both legs.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Caught Between, Construction vehicle, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Industrial Truck, Laceration, Leg, Multiemployer, Pinned, Residential Construction, Steel Beam, Struck By, Untrained

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1386279.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors, general office	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Moving Point To Point Fatality Cause:

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