Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116551.015 - Employee installing decking fractures leg and hip in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 116551.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 05/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1403543.015	05/23/2019		238120	Variable Steel Unlimited, Llc.

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on May 15, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was decking the third level of a new three-story commercial building. As he installed a spreader sheet that measured approximately 18 feet long by 3 feet wide, he fell to the next level, a fall height of approximately 12 feet. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of leg and hip fractures.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Construction, Decking, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Installing, Leg

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1403543.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Flashing Of Decking Fatality Cause:

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