Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117454.015 - Employee incurs multiple fractures in fall when grating shif

Accident Summary Nr: 117454.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 06/20/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1411267.015	06/26/2019		237110	Pkg Contracting Inc.

Abstract: At 12:50 p.m. on June 20, 2019, Employee #1 was returning to forming work at a water/sewer plant construction project after a lunch break. The employee walked across a grating that had not been attached to the frame work over the pump pit. The grating tipped up, and the employee fell to the pit below, landing on water pumps. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of fractures to the ankle, arm, and multiple ribs.

Keywords: Ankle, Arm, Attachment Hook, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Form work, Fracture, Grate, Pit, Pump, Rib, Sewer Treatment Plant, Struck Against, Tips Over, Unsecured, Walking Surface, Water Treatment Plant

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		New project or new addition				11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1411267.015	54	F	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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