Accident Report Detail
Accident: 115820.015 - Employee Caught By Wind Falls, Suffers Multiple Injuries
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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1381232.015 | 02/27/2019 | Pascal Steel Corporation |
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 p ushing him off the decking 10 feet to the ground below. He sustained rib fractur es, a broken collar bone, a concussion and lacerations and was hospitalized. Wea ther reports showed 12 to 18 mile per hour winds with gusts of up to 30 mile per hour at the time of the accident.
End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
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Commercial building | New project or new addition | 1 | 12 |
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
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1 | 1381232.015 | 50 | M | Hospitalized injury | Construction trades, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installation Of Decking-Final Attachment Deck (Wel FatCause: |