Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115820.015 - Employee caught by wind falls, suffers multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 115820.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 02/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1381232.015	02/27/2019		423510	Pascal Steel Corporation

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on February 21, 2019, an employee was installing metal decking on a 2nd floor mezzanine. As he was removing a 6 foot by 3 foot metal sheet off of a forklift, the wind picked up through an open bay catching the metal sheet and pushing him off the decking 10 feet to the ground below. He sustained rib fractures, a broken collar bone, a concussion and lacerations and was hospitalized. Weather reports showed 12 to 18 mile per hour winds with gusts of up to 30 mile per hour at the time of the accident.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Collarbone, Concussion, Deck, Decking, Decking Panel, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Opening, Forklift, Fracture, Head, High Wind, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laceration, Metal Decking, Metal Sheet, Rib, Shoulder, Training, Weather, Windy

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1381232.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Final Attachment Deck (Wel Fatality Cause:

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